The Son of Man is Coming

The point: Seek repentance and faith in Christ for salvation.

The sermon series is framed as 'signposts' guiding people to heaven, the 'celestial city' from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, to emphasize the gospel's direction.

We come in this portion of our service of worship to the ministry of the Word of God and to another message from the scriptures under the imagery of a simple signpost to the celestial city. And that imagery captures our ordinary concept of a signpost plus the language of John Bunyan in his Immortal Pilgrim's Progress in which he describes heaven as the celestial city. And the nature of this series, I trust, is captured in that title. These messages are meant to focus upon texts of scripture which, in a very succinct and focused way, set before us the great issues of how men and women, boys and...

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Driving home: Not a future shall come, but a present tense. The Son of Man is coming. The Son of Man is coming. Be ye also ready, for in an hour that you think not, the Son of Man is coming.

Martin lists aspects of Jesus' life (born in Bethlehem, carpenter, baptized, doing good, suffering) to confirm that the 'Son of Man' coming again is the same historical Jesus.

The same Jesus who was born in Bethlehem, reared in Nazareth, the same one who pounded pegs and shaved boards in his father's carpenter's shop, was baptized in the river Jordan, who went about the various areas of the world, of Palestine, doing good, raising the dead, healing the sick, opening the eyes of the blind and the ears of the deaf. It was that Son of Man who would go to Jerusalem and suffer, who would be killed and who was raised again on the third day. So the identity of the person who is coming is unmistakable. The Son of Man comes. That is, the very Lord, Jesus Christ, whose life a...

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Driving home: Not a future shall come, but a present tense. The Son of Man is coming. The Son of Man is coming. Be ye also ready, for in an hour that you think not, the Son of Man is coming.

The account of Jesus' ascension and the angels' promise in Acts 1 is used to confirm the identity of the returning Christ: 'This Jesus... shall so come in like manner'.

And according to Acts chapter 1, we read in verse 9, and when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they were looking steadfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, You men of Galilee, why do you stand, looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you beheld him going into heaven. Not another, not one like him, but this very Jesus shall come again. As we further consider the fact of the second coming ...

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In this part of the sermon: The first main point is the declared fact of Christ's second coming, focusing on his identity as the 'Son of Man,' the visible and glorious nature of his return with angels, and…

Martin contrasts the obscurity, weakness, poverty, and humiliation of Christ's first coming (weariness, weeping, poverty, crucifixion) with the glory of his second coming.

we learn something about the nature of this second coming, the first coming was marked by obscurity. The life of the Son of Man, his mighty miracles aside, was marked by all the ordinary manifestations of human weakness. He was weary. He wept.

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Driving home: My friend, listen to me. This is referring not only to all the living at His coming, but all the dead at His coming as well. As surely as me, those eyes will behold the returning Lord Jesus Christ.

The limited angelic celebration to humble shepherds at Christ's birth is contrasted with the universal visibility of his second coming, where 'all the tribes of the earth shall behold Him'.

As the lightning comes forth from the east and is seen even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man. When the lightning makes its way from the east to the west, so says God, our Lord, shall His coming be. Verse 30a, And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming. All see the Son of Man coming. At His first coming, there were some angelic hosts sent to celebrate that reality on a lonely Judean hillside in the presence of some humble shepherds. But life went on as usual there i...

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The point: Believe in the certainty of Christ's second coming.

The common saying 'nothing is certain but death and taxes' is used to highlight that Christ's return is even more certain, as some will be alive at his coming.

but according to his promise we look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells of believers for the creation created at the return of the Lord Jesus. As we come to this simple signpost and look at its first statement, it is this statement that only death and taxes No, no, my friends, there is something more certain than even death itself, for there will be some alive at the coming of Christ. And more certain than in this very

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The point: Avoid date-setting for Christ's return, as it causes trouble and upsets people.

Paul's letter to the Thessalonians is cited as an example of early Christians engaging in date-setting, which caused trouble and required apostolic correction.

Be ye there ready for an hour the Lord is coming addressed. Now from the days to the present hour men coming almost about the time of that coming. Paul had his second letter to the Thessalonians because there were people who were engaged in date setting with regard to the second coming. And Paul had to write to them. The second Thessalonians makes it very clear that their minds dates now meet you brethren touching

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The point: Live faithfully at your God-appointed task, ready for Christ's unexpected return.

Jesus' comparison of his coming to the days of Noah is used to illustrate the unexpectedness of his return, when people were living normally until judgment came.

reveal and he says his force it will be an unexpected in an hour and then in the come you have the historical of the flood look up neither the son but the father and for the days of Noah shall be the coming of the son of for in those before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and given in marriage until the day

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The point: Live faithfully at your God-appointed task, ready for Christ's unexpected return.

The analogy of a thief who comes unexpectedly is used to underscore that Christ's return will be sudden and without prior announcement, necessitating constant readiness.

finds and he goes out in his mind harvest and sowing with clouds the archangel and the trump of God and is gathered home with God's elect of all ages but some are left to the judgment some are left to the burning fiery anger of the returning Lord one is taken one is left on what day was the time reference of that flood and then he gives the practical but know this that if the master of the house the thief was coming. The thief had called him up and said, look, I'm between 2 and 6 a.m. I'm going to break into your house. If the thief had given previous announcement, he would not have suffered

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The point: Be ready and prepared for the second coming of Christ.

This parable is referenced to explain the meaning of 'readiness' as a state where 'everything is prepared' for the master's arrival.

of its meaning. It's the parable of the marriage feast, which a certain Kate for his son, or any sent forth other service saying, tell them that are invited. Behold,

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The point: Be ready and prepared for the second coming of Christ.

The parable of the ten virgins is used to illustrate the difference between having a lamp (outward profession) and having oil (true readiness/faith), and the consequence of not being ready when the bridegroom comes.

That's the organizing principle of the question. What does it mean to be in a state of readiness or preparedness? Does he leave what that state of readiness involves in the 25th chapter of Matthew, a chapter I say that points to various effects of events connected with the second coming. You have that parable of the ten virgins, the five who were the one that were welcomed in bridegroom. Look at Matthew, chapter 25, and verse ten. And while they went away to buy that is the foolish, you had a lamp, but no woman. They ready, they that were in a state with him to the marriage

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The point: Throw the whole weight of your soul upon the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins.

A hymn writer's words about Christ being the only solid foundation are quoted to emphasize that all other ground is 'sinking sand' for salvation.

represent the people whom he came to save and he lived a perfect life the father could speak from heaven saying my beloved son in whom i am well pleased that that perfect record of that life of the lord jesus be credited to his people constituted then in that obedience he carried it to its acme when as the scolipians too he became obedient unto death even the death of the only son of god and the power of life he 주 die on ethoros in the nv Hazen diminutum spreading his name throughout the world to the south and its VCT and their same name walking to the cross for we need not only the credit of ...

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The point: Live all of life as under the eye of your returning Lord.

This parable illustrates the two aspects of ongoing preparation: living under the eye of the returning Lord and serving faithfully, contrasting the blessed servant with the one who indulges because he thinks his master delays.

because the ground of our acceptance is all christ and christ but in the setting more particular i've called the that is the continued aridness of the people of god for the return of their lord and while many things could be said limiting ourselves setting the ongoing preparation involved least these two basic things to live all as under the eye of your returning lord parable that he gives in verse 45 and following who then is the faithful and wise servant who is made of preparedness full and wise servant whom is lord household to give them their food in due season

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The point: Serve according to the gifts given by the returning Lord.

This parable is used to illustrate the second aspect of ongoing preparation: serving according to the gifts given by the returning Lord, emphasizing faithful stewardship regardless of the amount of gifts.

indulge why because he said in his heart my lord tarry and while he's away and I shall thunder the eye of the returning lord then the second aspect of ongoing preparation is not only to live all of life is under the eye of the but to serve to the gifts by the returning lord 25 14 and following our lord gives the power of the talents and whatever interpretation we give one thing is clear but those are those according to the measure of the gifts given unto them and surely my brethren the ongoing

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The point: Ask yourself: 'What do I want to be doing/thinking/contemplating when my Lord returns?'

Martin alludes to the 'any moment theory of the secret rapture' as a teaching that, despite its unbiblical aspects, contains a kernel of truth about living with constant readiness.

preparation is not a faded thing it's based each day as under the eye of the returning lord and so at any in that suddenness and I shall not be ashamed before him as is coming now some of us brought strange teaching about the second coming the so-called any moment theory of the secret rapture perhaps in our overreaction against some that unbiblical teaching things that spin off from it we've gotten away from a simple little practical godliness and it is the simple perspective what I want to be doing this when my lord returns but I want to be thinking what I'm thinking right now should my lord ...

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The point: Give diligence to be found in peace without spot and blameless in His sight.

Martin quotes McShane's words, 'Oh my, your faith is in... If you do not live in the daily...' to underscore that a faith not lived out in daily readiness is not genuine.

Reading a sermon tonight by Robert Murray McShane, seeking to have my own heart stirred by other non-related themes. And though his theme was not directly the second coming, in the sermon he was alluding to it. And he said these words that pierced my heart. At the conclusion of his sermon he said to his own people, Oh my, your faith is in.

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The point: Get prepared for the returning Lord through initial faith and ongoing readiness, avoiding last-minute business.

Enoch, who 'was not, for God took him,' is cited as the exception to the rule that most people die before Christ's return, reinforcing the general need to be prepared for death.

They weren't alive at the coming of the Lord like you feel often he died and he died and he died and he died and he Nick was not for God took him. He was the exception and so general by getting prepared for the returning that initial and with that on and have a lot of last minute business to take care of the man who lives every day and readiness for Christ return doesn't find himself with a lot of unfinished business.

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The point: Get prepared for the returning Lord through initial faith and ongoing readiness, avoiding last-minute business.

The 'uniformitarian' scientific view that 'all things continue from the beginning' is contrasted with the biblical account of the flood, which suddenly and dramatically altered the earth, serving as a warning against complacency.

That's the first uniformitarian so-called scientific view of reality. Everything is the same. They will. We forget one very clear fact.

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