Messages

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” What/Who is the Restrainer?
II Thessalonians 2:1-12

Main Point
The Coming of the Lord Jesus is near and we are to be prepared, but He will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed.

I Thessalonians 4:13-18 >
Mark 13:32-37

1. What is the Coming/Day of the Lord?
(verses 1-2)

Matthew 24:3-8; 29-31

2. What is the rebellion/falling away?
(verse 3a)

‘Apostasia’ (apostasy) = defection, forsaking of the truth

Matthew 24:9-14

3. Who is the man of lawlessness?
(verses 3b-4)

Matthew 24:15-16 >
Daniel 9:26-27; 11:36-37

‘…he sets himself up in God’s temple’ – ‘Naos’ = used of the temple in Jerusalem, but only of the sacred building.

4. Who or what holds back the secret power of sin/lawlessness – the man of sin, that will be taken out of the way and then the lawless one will be revealed?
(verses 6-7)

I believe it is the restraining power of God thru the Holy Spirit – He will be taken out of the way… but not removed from the earth.

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” The Coming of the Lord pt.2
II Thessalonians 2:1-12

Main Point
The Coming of the Lord Jesus is near and we are to be prepared, but He will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed.

I Thessalonians 4:13-18 >Mark 13:32-37

Context – false prophecy, report or letter.
What’s behind this??

1. What is the Coming/Day of the Lord?
(verses 1-2)

Matthew 24:3-8; 29-31

2. What is the rebellion/falling away?
(verse 3a
‘Apostasia’ (apostasy) = defection, forsaking of the truth
Matthew 24:9-14

3. Who is the man of lawlessness?
(verses 3b-4)
Matthew 24:15-16 > Daniel 9:26-27; 11:36-37

‘…he sets himself up in God’s temple’ – ‘Naos’ = used of the temple in Jerusalem, but only of the sacred building.

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” The Coming of the Lord
II Thessalonians 2:1-12

Main Point
The Coming of the Lord Jesus is near and we are to be prepared, but He will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed

I Thessalonians 4:13-18 >
Mark 13:32-37

Context – false prophecy, report or letter.
What’s behind this??

1. What is the Coming/Day of the Lord?
(verses 1-2)

Matthew 24:3-8; 29-31

2. What is the rebellion/falling away?
(verse 3a
‘Apostasia’ (apostasy) = defection, forsaking of the truth

Matthew 24:9-14

3. Who is the man of lawlessness?
(verses 3b-4)

Matthew 24:15-16 >
Daniel 9:26-27; 11:36-37

‘…he sets himself up in God’s temple’ – ‘Naos’ = used of the temple in Jerusalem, but only of the sacred building.

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” What God has planned for us
I Corinthians 2:6-16

Main Point: God’s Spirit has revealed the secret mystery of Christ to us, and in us, and He is revealing to us His coming plans – Christ, the coming King!

God’s secret wisdom = Christ crucified, risen, coming again!
I Corinthians 1:18-21

Colossians 1:25-26 ‘…Christ in you, the hope of glory.’

Ephesians 1:9-10 – the restoration of all things thru His Son, Jesus the Christ.

1. God has destined these plans for us that love Him – for our glory – before time began.
verse 8

2. His plans are beyond our full conception, but He is revealing
them to us.
verse 9

I Corinthians 15:50-57 > I Thessalonians 4:13-18

3. His plans are focused on us as His people, but each one of us has a part to play individually.

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” Wisdom From The Spirit Pt.2
I Corinthians 2:6-16

Main Point:
God’s Spirit reveals the wisdom of God to us – who belong to Christ, as we seek to understand and obey the deep things of God.

God’s secret wisdom = the restoration of all things thru His Son Jesus the Christ.
Ephesians 1:9-10

1. If we received Christ then His Spirit lives in us and desires to reveal to us what God has given us thru Christ, and wants for us.
verse 12

The Spirit, sent from the Father, reveals Christ and His gospel to us, which is truth and Life.
John 14:23-26; 16:13-15

The person without the Spirit cannot understand the things of the Spirit – spiritual truth.
verse 14

2. We must seek to develop the mind of Christ in us, by being taught by the Spirit, through the Word and Spiritual discernment.
Verse 14b

Colossians 1:25-27 God’s mystery ‘

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.”

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” Wisdom From The SpiritI Corinthians 2:6-16

Main Point:
God’s Spirit reveals the wisdom of God to us – who belong to Christ, as we seek to understand and obey the deep things of God.

God’s secret wisdom = the restoration of all things thru His Son Jesus the Christ.
Ephesians 1:9-10

1. If we received Christ then His Spirit lives in us and desires to reveal to us what God has given us thru Christ, and wants for us. verse 12

The Spirit, sent from the Father, reveals Christ and His gospel to us, which is truth and Life.
John 14:23-26; 16:13-15

Colossians 1:25-26 ‘…Christ in you, the hope of glory.’

The person without the Spirit cannot understand the things of the Spirit – spiritual truth. verse 14

2. We must seek to develop the mind of Christ in us, by being taught by the Spirit, through the Word and Spiritual discernment.
Verse 14b

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” That Our Heart May Be Opened
Ephesians 1:15-21

Main Point: Paul prays that the eyes of our heart will be opened through the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that we will know the Father better; and know the hope, inheritance, and power that are ours in Jesus Christ!

Opened (photizo) = Illuminate, make to see. 

1. The eyes of our heart (transformed mind) are opened as the Father gives us through the Spirit wisdom and revelation.
verse17

Revelation (apokalupsis) = the revealing/unveiling of truth.

Wisdom (sophia) = the true knowledge of God & life, and the understanding to be able to apply it.

I Corinthians 2:9-14

2. As we know the Father better, we will know the glorious hope, the riches of His inheritance, and incomparably great power we have in Christ!
verses 18-19

I Corinthians 2:9

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” God Will Dwell With Us!
Revelation 21:1-8

Main Point:God will bring about His plan of dwelling with His redeemed people and will make all things new!

Genesis 3:8-9
Ezekiel 37:27-28

1. God created us to walk with Him, redeems us now to walk with Him by the Spirit, and will create a new heaven and a new earth (and a new Jerusalem – the ‘Holy City’) to dwell with us. verses 1-3

2. In this dwelling place of God and His redeemed people, He will make all things new: (verse 5)a.
He will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
(verse 4)
b. No more death or mourning
c. No more crying or pain.

3. All who ‘overcome’ (I John 5:1-5) inherit eternal life with God, but those who reject Christ and practice sin are
rejected.
(verses 6-8)

Revelation 20:1-5

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” Knowing the Love of the Father
John 17:20-26

Main Point:
Jesus prays that we will be one in Him and understand the Father’s love – the same love He has for the Son!

1. Jesus Prays that we may fully know the Father’s love – the same love He has for the Son.
verses 24-26

*Do you know the Love the Father has for you ? !

I John 3:1 ‘How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are…’

2.Jesus prays that we will be one in Him – and thru us the world will know that the Father loves them!
verses 20-23

I John 4:19 ‘We love because He first loved us.’

Romans 5:5 ‘And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given to us.’