Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Matt 24:1-35 The End of the World

Video of Miss Cleo…

Most people were looking for details about their lives: Were they going to be married?

Were they going to stay married?

Would they have children?

Would they get rich?

Would they get sick?

Would they experience some sort of tragedy?

How successful would they be?

Strangely, most people wanted to talk about some specifics of their more immediate future, but they had no interest in talking about their eternal destinies.

Desire for future detail… Disciples no different …

End of World, Coming of Christ...

Message

The Confirmation of Crisis

Matt 24:4-14

Counterfeit Christs

Conflicting Countries

Catastrophic Conditions

Chaotic Communities

Charitable Chilling

Compleet Communication of Christian Creeds

Trust in the Authority of Christ

The Context of Crisis

Matt 24:15-26

Flight of the Saints

Fury of the Storm

Folly of the Sinful

Preserve in the Power of Christ

The Climax of Crisis

Matt 24:27-35

The Speed of His Return

The Slaughter at His Return

The Signs of His Return

The Sound at His Return

The Saints in His Return

1 Cor.

15:51–52 “51 Behold!

I tell you a mystery.

We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.”

2 Peter 3:10–11 “10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,”

The Surety of His Return!

Long for the Coming of Christ

Close

Jesus’ primary goal in Matthew 24 is not to answer our questions about every single detail of the end times, but rather to prepare us for whatever the future may hold—this week, this month, this year, the next ten years, and even the next ten billion years from now.

Followers of Christ have something, or rather Someone, to bank their future on.

Group Questions

For further study try reading over 2 Thes 2:1-12 & Dan 7; 9:24-27.

What was your take away as the main point of this message?

(how would you summarize todays message in one or two sentences?)

How do you plan on or hope to apply that in your own life?

What was not covered that you wish had been?

What questions over the text do you have?

What was unclear to you?

How does this text speak to the authority and divinity of Christ?

What does it look like to be eagerly waiting and watching as well as working for his return?

What is election?

How does it apply to this scripture (both in the positive and the negative)?

What are some of the deceptions Jesus is speaking about in the text?

Have you ever experienced any of these?

How did/should we respond to them?

How can we recognize them in the future?

What is this “abomination of desolation” that Jesus speaks of?

(Matt 24:15)

In your opinion what would Jesus want you to feel from this text and why?

Fear; Hope; Sadness; Joy; Awe; Understanding… etc.

What does that say about the way you view Jesus?

Why might someone feel the opposite of you when they read this?

How might you relate to them your perspective?

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