Living In The Last Days: Four Ways To Live For Jesus

Living In The Last Days
“Ways To Live For Jesus In The End Times”
2/22/26
Pastor Mark England

In The Last Days…
People will grow .

Matthew 24:12 (CSB) Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.

In The Last Days…
Truth will be .

1 Timothy 4:1 (CSB) Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

In The Last Days…
Faith will be .

Matthew 24:9-10 (CSB) “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name. ¹⁰ Then many will fall away, betray one another, and hate one another.

How will we live for Jesus until He returns?

How to live when time is short.

1. Speak .
2. Live .
3. Love .
4. Endure .
5. Speak .
   Declare even when it .

1 Thessalonians 2:1-2 (CSB) For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our visit with you was not without result. ² On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.

Boldness doesn’t mean you’re never .
Boldness means your is bigger than your .

2. Live .
   Live to honor , not to please .

1 Thessalonians 2:4-6 (CSB) Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts. ⁵ For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives—God is our witness— ⁶ and we didn’t seek glory from people, either from you or from others.

The biggest danger to your faith is living for the approval of .

3. Love .
   We don’t just share the ; we share our .

1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 (CSB) Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children. ⁸ We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

4. Endure .
   when the is greatest.

1 Thessalonians 3:7-8 (CSB) Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction, we were encouraged about you through your faith. ⁸ For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Ephesians 6:13 (CSB) For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.

Where is God calling me to share my faith, even if it costs me?

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When do I care more about please people than please God?

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Who have I kept at a distance that God is calling me to love?

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What trial is God using to strengthen my faith?

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1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 (CSB) And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we do for you. ¹³ May he make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.