Living In The Last Days: Signs You Cannot Ignore

Living In The Last Days
Signs You Cannot Ignore
3/1/26
Pastor Mark England

Signs You Cannot Ignore

The hyper-focused issues people obsess over…
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society.
takeover.
files.
parties.

The Biblical focused issues we shouldn’t ignore…

Matthew 24:3-14 (CSB) While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” ⁴ Jesus replied to them, “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many. ⁶ You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these events are the beginning of labor pains. ⁹ “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. ¹¹ Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. ¹² Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Paul Urged the Believers of Thessalonica to Move From…
Sinfulness to .
Confusion to .
Passivity to .

1. Move from sinfulness to .

* Justification is the moment your sins are once for all.

* Sanctification is the of becoming like Jesus.

We get saved .
We live out faith .

Sanctification requires intentional steps that take a .
My first step after justification is .  (The wedding band of faith.)
Faithfully attend .
Discover your God-given and make a difference.

Diversity is a Great Commission Church where our focus is…
Get lost people .
Saved people .
Pastored people .
Discipled people .

God.
Relationships.
Jesus.
The Lost.

1 Thessalonians 4:1, 3-5, 7 (CSB) Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God—as you are doing —do this even more.
For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, ⁴ that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, ⁵ not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.
⁷ For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

2. Move from confusion to .

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 (CSB) We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 (CSB) For we say this to you by a word from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are still 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. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Traditional View of End-Time Events
* The Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
harpazo (Gr): To rescue, to snatch, to carry away suddenly.
* The seven-year Tribulation (Revelation 6-18)
* The second coming of Christ (Revelation 19)
* The Millennial Reign (Revelation 20:1-6)
* The ultimate defeat of Satan (Revelation 20:7-10)
* A new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21-22)

3. Move from passivity to .

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 (CSB) About the times and the seasons: Brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you. ² For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. ³ When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Pax et securitas: peace and safety
Peace that is is not real or lasting peace.

Real peace doesn’t come from .
Real peace doesn’t come from .
Real peace doesn’t come from .
Real peace doesn’t come from your .
Real peace doesn’t come from by .

Real peace comes from and !

1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 (NLT) But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. ⁵ For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. ⁶ So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded.

Don’t be .
Don’t be .
Don’t be .
Don’t be blinded by .

Because .
is real.
People are dying every day without .

As long as heaven and hell are a reality, is not an option.

What would I if I really believed Jesus could return at any moment?

How to Live Ready
* Turn
* Serve
* Wait
* Speak Boldly
* Live Purely
* Love Deeply
* Endure Faithfully

Move From…
* Sinfulness to Sanctification
* Confusion to Clarity
* Passivity to Readiness