STAND UP, GET READY, AND HOLD ON (4 OF 6)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
This content is part of a series.
Stand Up, Get Ready, and Hold On (4 of 6)
Series: 2 Thessalonians
Jim Perdue
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
Intro/Attention
Tonight, we continue our series in 2 Thessalonians. It's a sermon series I have called, The Church of Irresistible Influence. Find 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 as we study with this idea in mind, Stand Up, Get Ready, and Hold On. READ TEXT - PRAY
Here, Paul moves prophecy to practical Christian living. He turned from the negative (Satan's lies) to the positive (God's truth), and from warning to gratitude and prayer. We desperately need this type of balance today. I have attended Bible conferences where the only emphasis was on what Christ will do with the Jews in the future, to the total neglect of what He wants to do with the church in the present. We must never permit the study of prophecy to be an escape from responsibility today. Paul's emphasis was on the truth of God's Word, in contrast to Satan's great lie which Paul discussed in the previous section. Every believer has a responsibility to God's truth.
*We are challenged to Stand Up, Get Ready, and Hold On. In 2012, Six Flags opened its first new roller coaster in over 10 years. It was called the Apocalypse and opened near Mitchellville, Maryland. This ride is a stand up roller coaster that immediately drops you ten stories, then twists you through hairpin turns and takes you upside down at 55 miles per hour. At its height, the roller coaster stands 100 feet tall and has a total track length of 2,900 feet. Oh, and there is a vertical loop as well. I tell you this to ask you one simple question: Who would like to go with me to ride this roller coaster? Can you imagine the instructions as 28 passengers arranged in seven rows of four begin to hear as they board this ride? I'm sure there's the typical stuff: keep your hands inside the car, buckle up, be careful about any lose clothing, hats, sunglasses that might fall. But in my mind, there's a phrase that would probably keep rolling ...
Series: 2 Thessalonians
Jim Perdue
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
Intro/Attention
Tonight, we continue our series in 2 Thessalonians. It's a sermon series I have called, The Church of Irresistible Influence. Find 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 as we study with this idea in mind, Stand Up, Get Ready, and Hold On. READ TEXT - PRAY
Here, Paul moves prophecy to practical Christian living. He turned from the negative (Satan's lies) to the positive (God's truth), and from warning to gratitude and prayer. We desperately need this type of balance today. I have attended Bible conferences where the only emphasis was on what Christ will do with the Jews in the future, to the total neglect of what He wants to do with the church in the present. We must never permit the study of prophecy to be an escape from responsibility today. Paul's emphasis was on the truth of God's Word, in contrast to Satan's great lie which Paul discussed in the previous section. Every believer has a responsibility to God's truth.
*We are challenged to Stand Up, Get Ready, and Hold On. In 2012, Six Flags opened its first new roller coaster in over 10 years. It was called the Apocalypse and opened near Mitchellville, Maryland. This ride is a stand up roller coaster that immediately drops you ten stories, then twists you through hairpin turns and takes you upside down at 55 miles per hour. At its height, the roller coaster stands 100 feet tall and has a total track length of 2,900 feet. Oh, and there is a vertical loop as well. I tell you this to ask you one simple question: Who would like to go with me to ride this roller coaster? Can you imagine the instructions as 28 passengers arranged in seven rows of four begin to hear as they board this ride? I'm sure there's the typical stuff: keep your hands inside the car, buckle up, be careful about any lose clothing, hats, sunglasses that might fall. But in my mind, there's a phrase that would probably keep rolling ...
There are 12941 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
