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Always Ready The Gospel of Luke 12:35-40

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Always ReadyThe Gospel of Luke 12:35-40

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God Gives Us His Words of Eternal LifeLuke 12:35-48

Found on page 871-872 in our guest Bibles.

Today’s Scripture:

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?What should be the focus of the follower of Jesus

in the here and now

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Always ReadyThe Gospel of Luke 12:35-40

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35 Stay dressed for action and keep yourlamps burning, 36 and be like men whoare waiting for their master to come homefrom the wedding feast, so that they mayopen the door to him at once when hecomes and knocks.

Luke 12:35-40

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Live like a faithful and expectant servant

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37 Blessed are those servants whom themaster finds awake when he comes.

Luke 12:35-40

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37 Blessed are those servants whom themaster finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table,and he will come and serve them.

Luke 12:35-40

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38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!

Luke 12:35-40

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For even the Son of Man did not come to be

served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

~ Jesus of Nazareth in The Gospel of Mark 10:45

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39 But know this, that if the master of thehouse had known at what hour the thiefwas coming, he would not have left hishouse to be broken into. 40 You also mustbe ready, for the Son of Man is comingat an hour you do not expect.

Luke 12:35-40

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Live like a wise and alert

homeowner#2

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~ The Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4

“While people are saying, ‘There is peace and

security,’ then destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a

pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like

a thief.”

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“…We live 750,000 days closer to the return, and

indeed, Christ’s return will always be on a statistically improbable day, when the world doesn’t expect him.”

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“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years

are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his

promise, as some understand slowness.

~ The Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3:10 (NIV)

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“…Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.”

~ The Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3:10 (NIV)

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“God has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment has been given by the Father.

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“In that day….all people who have ever lived on earth appear before the

judgment seat of Christ in order to give an account of their thoughts, words, and

deeds, and to receive judgment according to what they have done in the body,

whether good or evil.”

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“As Christ would have us to absolutely convinced

that there will be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin and to give a greater consolation to the godly in their adversity, so

will he have that day unknown to men, that they

may shake off all carnal security…,

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“…may always be watchful—because they do not

know at what hour the Lord will come—and may always be prepared to say, ‘Come, Lord Jesus. Come quickly.

Amen.”

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Why does Luke record this account in his historical

biography of Jesus?

Important Question

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To be always ready for the return of Christ

means living for him with an undistracted life.

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Christian & Faithful at Vanity Fairin John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress

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?How do we know if we are ready for the return

of the Lord Jesus

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We’re ready when we trust in the Lord Jesus

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We’re ready when we live for the Lord Jesus

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“For the love of Christ compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all…, and he died for all that those who live should no

longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”

~ The Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

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We’re ready when we long for the Lord Jesus

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“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to

say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self- controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of

the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us…”

~ The Apostle Paul in Titus 2:11-14 (NIV)

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“He who testifies to these things says,

‘Surely I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!”

~ The Apostle John in Revelation 22:20

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