as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
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… when I awaken your likeness David said then I will be satisfied when I can see you then I'll be satisfied and so Paul writes to Titus and he said looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior the Lord Jesus Christ we like Job too long to see him face to face and we will. But he goes, I'm looking for him everywhere. Now in a court case, if the judge doesn't show up for the court case, you can't present your case before him. And that's, that's what Job is saying. I'm here for court. Judge isn't showing. Everywhere I go, I can't find where he is, but here's the jewel. Here's the gem. Here's now the high point in this chapter. verse 10. Though I can't see him, verse 9, verse 10, but he knows the way that I take. And when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. I don't know where God is, but God knows where I am. Where is Job? In the furnace. Where is Job? On the dunghill. …
… That's why the Bible calls it the blessed hope. In Titus 2.13 it says we wait for that blessed hope that is the appearing of the glory of God, of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. And by the way, that word blessed can be translated happy. It's a happy hope. It's a happy thing to know that Jesus could come back at any moment. Martin Luther said, and I quote, there are two days on my calendar, this day and that day, end quote. And that day that he was referring to was the hope of the return of Christ. Another reason it's a good thing to study Bible prophecy is it unravels the mystery of history. It unravels the mystery of history. We ask, Why is there so much evil in the world? When will right prevail over wrong? When will Satan finally be judged? Answer, when Christ comes back and establishes his kingdom. There's great benefit in talking about this, in studying the end times events, and specifically studying the book of Revelation. …
… It's going to be so much fun. But best of all, number 10, we will be with our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus said in John 14, If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am, there you may be also. The highlight of heaven throughout all eternity will be the very presence of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. What wonderful things God has in store for those who love him. What should our response be to all this goodness God has stored up for us? Jesus said in Matthew chapter 5, verse 12, Rejoice, Christian, rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. God wants us to rejoice. He wants us to be glad as we anticipate all that he has in store. Christian, the best is yet to come. And it could be coming soon. Any day now, that trumpet could blow and the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, the Bible says, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. …
… prepared. We talked about preparedness. Here's another verse of great imminency and urgency. Titus chapter 2, verse 13 and 14. Looking for, that is scanning the horizon for the blessed hope in the glorious, what is it? Appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself. Notice church, who does the purification? He does it. That's why you should become a Christian tonight if you're not. You say, well, I'm a member of the Lutheran church or Calvary Chapel church or the Baptist, that's your answer? You should become a Christian tonight, a Christ follower tonight, and your defense is you're a member of something? That's not the right answer. Church affiliation or membership does not matter to God one iota. The question is, do you know him personally? Because, listen, what he does is he goes to work, and when he works at work, he begins to purify you and I. …
… the transformation. We know this is true based on Titus chapter 2 verse 13. I'll read it. I think I'll read it tonight. I can't believe the time zone we're in. The clock just goes so quick here. It's not right. No hope by the way. I mean no rapture no hope of righteousness. Think of that. Because the rapture brings the transformation of this mortal body into immortality. Wow. I'll take it. The older I get it the sweeter that sounds. And here is the when, the when of it, the when. John 14, verse 1, let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. Watch this. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again. and receive you to myself that where I am there you may be also. Listen, no rapture, no new home. …
… I want to leave you with this Titus 2.13 memorize it Make it part of your life. While we wait, I love that, while we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. What a verse. So be excited, live your life, glorify God, and you know those lizards that can have one eye this way and one eye over here? That's how the Christian should live. One eye up and one eye straight ahead. Okay? All right. That's a great question. Yes, over here. Hi, my name's Katrina, and I have a question. When the rapture happens, if the mother is a Christian and her grown son, she's been talking to him about becoming a Christian, has not, and he realizes the rapture has happened and his mother is gone and it's like oh my goodness it's all true and everything she's told me is true and he he accepts Jesus right then and says it's all true I want to be a Christian and accept the Lord I've heard people talking about and I think I've heard you say that there's going to be like a deception that he will not be able to become a Christian I would think that all the people who have heard and people have been talking to them about becoming Christian as soon as they realize the rapture happened they would immediately want to accept Jesus as their savior and like a follow-up question is is if there's that kind of a deception for a person who's a son of a woman who knows …
… righteously and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. The title of the message, Don't Be a Disgrace to Grace. Don't be a disgrace to grace. Now what is grace? Grace is God's love to us. GRACE IS GOD'S LOVE THAT CAUSES GOD TO GIVE TO US. Gracias IS GOD'S LOVE THAT CAUSES GOD TO GIVE TO US WHERE THERE IS NO MERIT. GRACE IS GOD'S LOVE THAT CAUSES GOD TO GIVE TO US WHEN THERE IS MUCH DEMERIT. GRACE IS GOD'S LOVE THAT CAUSES GOD TO GIVE TO US WHERE THERE IS NO MERIT AND MUCH DEMERIT WHEN WE DON'T EVEN WANT IT. HE MUST FIND US AND PERSUADE US THAT WE NEEDED. AND GRACE IS GOD'S LOVE THAT GIVES AT GREAT, GREAT COST TO GOD HIMSELF. AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME. ANYBODY, ANYPLACE, ANYTIME, NO MATTER HOW WICKED, HOW VILE, CAN COME TO HIM IN REPENTANCE AND FAITH AND WILL BE SAVED GLORIOUSLY, INSTANTANEOUSLY, RADICALLY, DRAMATICALLY, ETERNALLY SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, NOT ONE THING TO EARN, BUT THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN. NOW LISTEN, THE GRACE OF GOD, VERSE 11, THAT BRINGTH SALVATION HATH APPEARED UNTO ALL MEN, TEACHING US, DO YOU SEE IT? NOTHING TO EARN, BUT …