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TEXT: Mark 13:32-37

The danger in every age is that Christians can find themselves asleep while the world around them is desperately seeking for answers.

1. You turn your back on the source of wisdom and truth.
2. You lose your purpose.
3. You forfeit your peace.
4. You hurt the people around you.

Luke 11:28-30
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.”

I. AN INABILITY TO KNOW THE FUTURE DOES NOT EXCUSE INACTIVITY IN THE PRESENT

God’s Word is a call to activity not passivity!

II. A FINAL PARABLE BEFORE PASSOVER

III. A WORD OF WARNING FOR ALL

I John 2:28, 29
“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.”

The whole purpose of Mark 13 is to instill obedience in the believer.

I Peter 4:7
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”

Text: Selected Texts

Quote:
“Identity theft is not a phenomenon unique to the 21st century. Satan has been stealing our identity in Christ since the garden.” Sinclair Ferguson

You can call yourself a Christian, but it ends up simply being a declaration about yourself instead of being a demonstration about your life in Christ.

I. A REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE

Galatians 2:20
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Sin can still overpower us when we are not submitting to the power of Christ.

The power to live a victorious life is not found in your study but through your submission to Christ.

II. THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE
A. Our position affects our disposition
B. Our position alters our perspective
C. Our position dictates our priority

Jesus did not give his life so He could be first on your list. He is to be the center of your life.

III. REMEMBER WHERE OUR LIFE IS FOUND

II Corinthians 13:5
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

I Corinthians 10:16, 17
“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”

TEXT: Hebrews 11

When your holding out on God your missing out.

Until you are willing to Live Out your faith In God you will never go All In For God.

Anybody that God uses in Scripture has a high threshold for inconvenience.

Faith is action!

- Noah built
- Abraham left
- Jacob blessed
- Joseph instructed
- Moses chose

Quote:
“Faith is a conviction expressed in a choice.” - J.D. Greear

Quote:
“Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God’s grace makes you (ever) joyful and bold in your relationship to God and everyone else. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, and suffer all kinds of things, never ceasing to love and praise and rejoice in the God who has shown you grace.” - Marin Luther

TEXT: MARK 13:24-31

Our hope for the future is not grounded by timelines and a system of beliefs but by the sure words Jesus.

I. A PICTURE TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Daniel 7: 13, 14
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

Isaiah 51:6, 7
“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look upon the earth beneath: For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, And the earth shall wax old like a garment, And they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: But my salvation shall be forever, And my righteousness shall not be abolished.”

Jesus is the focal point of divine redemption!

II. A PARABLE TO LEARN FROM

The Gospel has not lost its power but many of God’s people have lost their urgency.

In world desperately confused and destined for an eternity separated from God, too many of God’s people are consumed with fitting into a world they have been called out of.

When the Living Word is alive in us we discover a life that is worth living, a hope that is certain and future that is secure!