GETTING READY FOR HEAVEN (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10-18
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Getting Ready For Heaven (4 of 4)
Series: When We All Get To Heaven
Jeff Strite
2 Peter 3:10-18
(I opened by singing 2 verses of an old hymn)
1. ''There's a great day coming, a great day coming. There's a great day coming by and by. When the saints and the sinners will be parted right and left, Are you ready for that day to come?''
CHORUS: Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready for that Judgment Day?
2. There's a bright day coming, a bright day coming. There's a bright day coming by and by. But the brightness will be only for the ones that love the Lord. Are you ready for that Day to come?''
(Hymn by Will L. Thompson, Boston, Massachusetts: 1886 - I tinkered a little with the 2nd verse. I used the style reflected in this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVNo2oR5k-c)
That's a repeated question throughout Scripture: Are You Ready? In fact, one of the major teachings of Jesus was - you need to BE READY!
For example: Jesus told the story of ten virgins who were part of a wedding ceremony. Back then marriages were more elaborate than the ones we have today. Part of the ceremony required the bridegroom would parade through city by night and fetch his bride from her father's house and take her to the wedding party at his parent's home. Part of that wedding procession included the virgins Jesus spoke of (they were kind of like bridesmaids).
Jesus explained that, as these virgins were waiting for the bridegroom to arrive, 5 of them were very foolish - they had no EXTRA oil for their lamps. But the other five were wise because they'd brought along extra oil - just in case. It was a good thing too, because the bridegroom was delayed, and by the time people shouted that he was coming the 5 foolish virgins were nearly out of oil for their lamps. They begged the other 5 virgins to give them some of their oil, but the wise virgins answered that there wouldn't be enough for all of them - and that the 5 foolish girls would have to g ...
Series: When We All Get To Heaven
Jeff Strite
2 Peter 3:10-18
(I opened by singing 2 verses of an old hymn)
1. ''There's a great day coming, a great day coming. There's a great day coming by and by. When the saints and the sinners will be parted right and left, Are you ready for that day to come?''
CHORUS: Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you ready for that Judgment Day?
2. There's a bright day coming, a bright day coming. There's a bright day coming by and by. But the brightness will be only for the ones that love the Lord. Are you ready for that Day to come?''
(Hymn by Will L. Thompson, Boston, Massachusetts: 1886 - I tinkered a little with the 2nd verse. I used the style reflected in this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVNo2oR5k-c)
That's a repeated question throughout Scripture: Are You Ready? In fact, one of the major teachings of Jesus was - you need to BE READY!
For example: Jesus told the story of ten virgins who were part of a wedding ceremony. Back then marriages were more elaborate than the ones we have today. Part of the ceremony required the bridegroom would parade through city by night and fetch his bride from her father's house and take her to the wedding party at his parent's home. Part of that wedding procession included the virgins Jesus spoke of (they were kind of like bridesmaids).
Jesus explained that, as these virgins were waiting for the bridegroom to arrive, 5 of them were very foolish - they had no EXTRA oil for their lamps. But the other five were wise because they'd brought along extra oil - just in case. It was a good thing too, because the bridegroom was delayed, and by the time people shouted that he was coming the 5 foolish virgins were nearly out of oil for their lamps. They begged the other 5 virgins to give them some of their oil, but the wise virgins answered that there wouldn't be enough for all of them - and that the 5 foolish girls would have to g ...
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