Millenium II
A continuation of the discussion of the millenium. While the previous sermon got “a little heavy,” this message is one of hope.
1 Corinthians 15:51 (ESV)
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (ESV)
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,[d] that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Tithes, Offerings and Alms
Pastor JoAnn tackles the difficult subject of tithing. This message isn’t intended as a cry for donations, but rather an attempt to help define the meaning and purpose of tithes, offerings, and alms.
Being Knit Together in Love
“If [the enemy] can get among Christians and get them upset with one another—I think that’s about his favorite thing to do. He wants to divide and to cause problems with God’s people. And of course God desires the opposite: He wants us to come together and unite, and to love one another, and to care for one another like family. So we’re going to look a little bit today about what the Word has to say about that.”
God Alone Is Our Help
“God alone is our help. That’s something that very few people have gotten hold of. We think that family is our help; we think the banker is our help; we think the boss man is our help; but in reality, God is our help.”