The Last Days=Many Earthquakes in Diverse Places

Good Monday morning everyone! I know that we were truly blessed yesterday by the Southern Wesleyan Singers and by the fellowship of others that love the Lord. 
We always look forward to this gifted group of musicians to come to United and yesterday they were at their best.

We continue our sermon series on "The Last Days" and what Jesus said about how Earthquakes will play a big part of the end times. 
Jesus predicted many earthquakes for the last days as a sign of His second coming (Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11).  Several are mentioned in Biblical history (Amos 1:1; Zech. 14:5; Matthew 8:24; Matthew 27:51; Matthew 28:2; Acts 16:25).  The greatest earthquake of all will take place at the end of the Millennium (Haggai 2:6-7,21-22; Hebrews 12:25-29; 2 Peter 3:10-13; Rev. 20:11).  This will result in the renovation of the heavens and earth, making the third perfect earth, and the end of the earth's second sinful career (Rev. 21-22; Isaiah 66:22-24).

I did mention that as of 5:15 AM Sunday morning there has already been 14 earthquakes around the world ranging from 3.1-5.8 on the Richter Scale. If you want to keep up on daily earthquakes around the world, here is a link:  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

My main focus on Sunday was to give a plan to be ready for, not an earthquake, but for Jesus to return to the world to claim His church. 
Here is the plan:
1. Realize that you are a sinner and you need a Savior
2. Repent (turn away from) your sin and be determined to change
3. Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior!

If you follow this path, you will experience a new life that consist of:
  • NO FEAR of dying and leaving this world
  • NO SECOND DEATH or The Great White Throne Judgment
A Christian believer is "Born twice and dies once-an unbeliever in born once and dies twice."

Here is an illustration that brings this all into a simple summary when it comes to being prepared for the coming of Jesus Christ to this world:

The Titanic set sail from England to America. They said the Titanic was an unsinkable ship, and really, that was the only thing it ever did. It made its way into treacherous waters. Its captain was told there were dangerous icebergs along the way and that he should be careful. He read the note, folded it, put it away, and said: “Sail on.” They sailed on and you know the story. They hit an iceberg and over 1,500 people died that night as a result.

There were people in the first, second and third class sections of that ship. Some were up and outers while others were down and outers. Some were very poor while others were very rich. There were people on board from all facets of society and many countries of the world. But, when the news arrived in New York that the Titanic had sunk, there were not longer many classes of people listed, only the saved and the lost. 

Today, there are still only two classes of two people in the world: those who are saved and those who are lost. When Jesus returns, those who are lost will be left behind. Those who are saved will be caught up with Him into Glory. The only way the lost can be saved is for you and me to go to the valley and get their dirt and blood on our clothes and take them to the mountain.

See you next Sunday at United!

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