The Beginning of the End
FBC/PVM - 8:00; 9:30; 11:00 a.m.
September 3, 2017
The Beginning of the End Matthew 24:1-14
(I Thessalonians 5:3) This entire list of warnings is in anticipation . . .
Intro: I. Questions - Matthew 24:1-3 A. The disciples were seeking ___clarification______. Christ had just pronounced ___judgement____. Matt. 23:38 They could not imagine the ___temple__ destruction. Mk 13:1-2 B. The disciples had an expectation. They were looking for Christ to bring in His __kingdom__. Luke 19:11 - right ___before_____ the Triumphal Entry Acts 1:6 - right ____before____ the ascension II. Warnings - Matthew 23:4-14 A. Spiritual ______Conclusion______ - 4-5 B. Regional ____Conflict____ - 6a C. Emotional Concern - 6b “ . . . for this ___must__ take place . . .” God is ___always__ in control! It is the unfolding of His plan! D. Political ______Confrontation____ - 7a E. Agricultural Catastrophe - 7b F. Seismological ____Chaos___ - 7c G. Personal Consequence - 9
Note: 8 - “All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.”
____Arrested_____ - 9a NIV - “handed over” ____Executed______ - 9b “put to death” ____Hated______- 9c “by all nations” A turning away from the ____faith_____ - 10 _____Betrayal______ - 10b
H. Spiritual Callousness - 11 I. Global _______Communication______ - 14 God is still a ____seeking___ God! (Modern __technology__ makes this possible!) II Peter 3:8-9
“ . . . end is not yet.” 6 “And this gospel will be proclaimed . . .” 14 “ . . . and then the end will come.” 14
September 3, 2017
The Beginning of the End Matthew 24:1-14
(I Thessalonians 5:3) This entire list of warnings is in anticipation . . .
Intro: I. Questions - Matthew 24:1-3 A. The disciples were seeking ___clarification______. Christ had just pronounced ___judgement____. Matt. 23:38 They could not imagine the ___temple__ destruction. Mk 13:1-2 B. The disciples had an expectation. They were looking for Christ to bring in His __kingdom__. Luke 19:11 - right ___before_____ the Triumphal Entry Acts 1:6 - right ____before____ the ascension II. Warnings - Matthew 23:4-14 A. Spiritual ______Conclusion______ - 4-5 B. Regional ____Conflict____ - 6a C. Emotional Concern - 6b “ . . . for this ___must__ take place . . .” God is ___always__ in control! It is the unfolding of His plan! D. Political ______Confrontation____ - 7a E. Agricultural Catastrophe - 7b F. Seismological ____Chaos___ - 7c G. Personal Consequence - 9
Note: 8 - “All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.”
____Arrested_____ - 9a NIV - “handed over” ____Executed______ - 9b “put to death” ____Hated______- 9c “by all nations” A turning away from the ____faith_____ - 10 _____Betrayal______ - 10b
H. Spiritual Callousness - 11 I. Global _______Communication______ - 14 God is still a ____seeking___ God! (Modern __technology__ makes this possible!) II Peter 3:8-9
“ . . . end is not yet.” 6 “And this gospel will be proclaimed . . .” 14 “ . . . and then the end will come.” 14
