end times

Sermon Transcript: Don’t Give Up

November 13, 2018 By ray

Text: Luke 18:1-8 Father, we’re going to cover an important topic — the parables of Jesus. I don’t know how long you’re going to have us here, but we ask that You give us more and more understanding. Thirty, sixty, one hundred times, the fruit of understanding so that we would live rightly.… Read more

Revelation 7-8: If You’re Saved, You’re Sealed

November 30, 2014 By ray

Today, we cover the identity of the 144,000 sealed in Revelation 7, the timing of the rapture/tribulation in light of the coming of Christ and the role of suffering for the believer.… Read more

Revelation 6: God’s Wrath Galloping into Human History

November 16, 2014 By ray

God has many purposes in ending the world in such a wrathful, destructive way. Here are two reasons, one for the enemies of God and one for His church.… Read more

Matt 24 – End Times: Missions, Faithful Service, Perseverance, and Watchful Readiness (pt3 of 3)

March 10, 2013 By ray

Here are some Tier 1 applications. Two are public applications (how we treat others) and two are personal (how we prepare ourselves to meet the coming Christ). 1) The Importance of Evangelism and Missions 14 This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations.… Read more

Matt 24 – End Times: Missions, Faithful Service, Perseverance, and Watchful Readiness (pt2 of 3)

March 10, 2013 By ray

In addition to the nations, another group mentioned during the end times is Israel. 15 “So when you see the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand), 16 “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! This is an odd phrase at the end of v15 – “let the reader understand.” In the HCSB, that phrase is in parentheses as if the gospel writer Matthew wants us, the readers in the 21st century, to pay special attention to this next section.… Read more

Matt 24 – End Times: Missions, Faithful Service, Perseverance, and Watchful Readiness (pt1 of 3)

March 10, 2013 By ray

I want to start by being honest. I have to say, Matthew 24 and Matthew 25 are tough passages. Matthew 24 in particular is one of the hardest in Scripture because it is dealing with eschatology or the study of end times. Chapters like Matthew 24 and 25 make me regret, for a moment, the decision to preach expositionally chapter by chapter through the entire Bible.… Read more