Sermon Title: What Time Is It? The Sign of the Times
Sermon Text: Matthew 24:3-14
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to pay attention to the end time clock of Jesus coming.
Sermon Proposition: There are 7 key ticks on the end time clock.
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:3-14 (NKJV)
The desire of timing of events. v.3 (Romans 11:23-26; 1 Samuel 4:21; Ezekiel 11:23)
The deception of false teachers. v.4-5 (2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Timothy 3:13; Revelation 6:1-2)
The disputes of the nations. v.6-7a (Revelation 6:2-4)
The destruction of the creation. v.7b-8 (Haggai 2:22)
The deliverance of believers. v.9 (Matthew 10:17)
The defection of false believers. v.10-13 (2 Thess. 2:3; Jude 21-24; 1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 1:5; Jer. 32:40; Matt. 10:22)
The cost will cause defection v.10
The convincing will cause defection v.11
The carnality will cause defection.12-13
The declaration of the Gospel globally. v.14 (Revelation 14:6)