Watch and Be Ready For the Coming of the Lord

Watch and Be Ready For the Coming of the Lord will focus on the urgent warnings of our Lord to His disciples in the Gospels to always be ready for His sudden coming. Believers know that Christ’s appearing is our “blessed hope,” but too few realize that He will be coming again to judge all men (Acts 17:31; Rom. 2:16; Jude 1:14-15).

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• Introduction




• 1 - “Keep on the alert” (Mark 13:32-37)




• 2 - “Praying...to escape all these things” (Luke 21:34-36)




• 3 - “You too, be ready” (Luke 12:35-48)




• 4 - “The coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah” (Matthew 24:36-51)




• 5 - The Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13)




• 6 - The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)




• 7 - A Final Word

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture is quoted from the New American Standard Bible ®, Copyright © 1960,1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.  Used by permission (www.Lockman.org).

Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV)®, copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special thanks is hereby given to Norm Young for his critical review of this writing. For this review Norm brought to bear his considerable knowledge of these truths as well as his expert knowledge of the Greek language. In addition, Norm’s humble walk with the Lord gave him a spiritual sensitivity to many details, as well as a sense of the real need of this word for the body of Christ. Thank you also, Norm, for your constant encouragement to me concerning this endeavor.

I would also like to thank the following believers who read over the first draft of this writing and made good suggestions for improvement: Wayne Smith, John O’Conner, Robert Conrad and Inja Lewis. It is a joy to work together with other believers to help the body of Christ with these truths.

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And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart" (Jer. 29:13, NASB)