HE'S COMING BACK (O GLORIOUS DAY) (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: I Thessalonians 4:13-18
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He's Coming Back (O Glorious Day) (4 of 4)
Series: Songs of Faith
Jeff Strite
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
Several years ago Johnny Carson had Billy Graham as a guest on his show. At one point in the conversation and Johnny said, ''You know what Billy, I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, we'd do him in again!'' Graham leaned forward in his seat, and said, ''In the Bible we read that Jesus predicted that He would return to earth again. But the first time He came in love, the next time, He'll come in power. No one will DO Him in!''
Jesus IS coming back! And when He comes back He's coming back in power and glory.
The song of faith we're focusing on this Sunday is called ''O Glorious Day'' (or ''One Day When Heaven Is Filled With His Glory'') and its chorus sums up our faith with these words: (Sing it with me)
''Living, He loved me. Dying, He saved me. Buried, He carried my sins far away. Rising, He justified freely forever. One day He's coming, Oh glorious day.''
I want you to notice that that chorus declared: Jesus lived, He died, He was buried... and He rose again. And all of that (says the chorus) points to the fact that Jesus WILL COME AGAIN. And that's going to be a glorious day!!!
That's what our text this morning is telling us: ''since WE BELIEVE that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.'' I Thessalonians 4:14
When Jesus returns He will raise the dead. And we believe that (the facts surrounding His 2nd coming) because we believe that Jesus died and rose again. The two thoughts are interconnected. They're intertwined. You can't have one without the other.
But that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who reject the idea that Jesus is coming back. Peter writes: ''scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, ''Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all thin ...
Series: Songs of Faith
Jeff Strite
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
Several years ago Johnny Carson had Billy Graham as a guest on his show. At one point in the conversation and Johnny said, ''You know what Billy, I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, we'd do him in again!'' Graham leaned forward in his seat, and said, ''In the Bible we read that Jesus predicted that He would return to earth again. But the first time He came in love, the next time, He'll come in power. No one will DO Him in!''
Jesus IS coming back! And when He comes back He's coming back in power and glory.
The song of faith we're focusing on this Sunday is called ''O Glorious Day'' (or ''One Day When Heaven Is Filled With His Glory'') and its chorus sums up our faith with these words: (Sing it with me)
''Living, He loved me. Dying, He saved me. Buried, He carried my sins far away. Rising, He justified freely forever. One day He's coming, Oh glorious day.''
I want you to notice that that chorus declared: Jesus lived, He died, He was buried... and He rose again. And all of that (says the chorus) points to the fact that Jesus WILL COME AGAIN. And that's going to be a glorious day!!!
That's what our text this morning is telling us: ''since WE BELIEVE that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.'' I Thessalonians 4:14
When Jesus returns He will raise the dead. And we believe that (the facts surrounding His 2nd coming) because we believe that Jesus died and rose again. The two thoughts are interconnected. They're intertwined. You can't have one without the other.
But that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who reject the idea that Jesus is coming back. Peter writes: ''scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, ''Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all thin ...
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