While We Wait For Christ
Believing that Christ’s return for believers is to happen soon, I have been asking Jesus what I should be doing until then. This lesson is what I have learned. I hope it encourages you.
satan’s full court press during the last days.
- The god of this world wants you to know it! 1 Peter 5.8-9 warns of his roar being heard by all people.
- his goal is to lure unsuspecting people to follow himself and to cause fear in those who resist. 1 Peter 4.3-5 describes the peer pressures we and our children experience.
- Apostle Paul describes life without Christ in Ephesians 4.17-19,
Galatians 5.19-21, and 2 Timothy 3.1-7.
- 2 Corinthians 4.3-4 and Jeremiah 13.10 explain how this can happen.
- What evidence of satan’s deceptions have you experienced or observed? Do you agree with 1 John 5.18-19? See 1 John 3.8-9 and 1.9 also.
We must be steadfast and unmovable.
- Titus 2.11-14 was the original ‘just say no’ to satan; 1 Peter 5.8-9, too.
- Paul encourages the right clothing for resisting, in Ephesians 6.10-18. What are the assured end results in verse 11 and 16? Is the converse true, as well? Be encouraged, also, by 2 Corinthians 10.3-6 and
- 1 Corinthians 10.12-13 and 2 Peter 1.2-4 give us God’s escape route from satan’s attempts. Consider, also, the pathway in verses 5-10 and the result at the end of verse 10. See Hebrews 10.35-39 also.
- Others are depending upon you, as Isaiah 35.3-4 states. We are to defend them, too.
Looking for our Lord Jesus.
- 1 Peter 1.13-16 says that Christ will be our reward for living holy lives. Life with Him is the ultimate gift, even now!
See Colossians 2.2-3, 9-10; 1.15; 1 Corinthians 1.24, 26-31.
- Don’t be distracted by other voices than your Good Shepherd. How would you word the test in 1 John 4.1-6? When would you use this test? How do 2 John 7-10 and 3 John 11 help to explain this?
- Hear the voices of others who looked to Jesus and consider His steadfastness, as you read Hebrews 12.1-4.
Overcome satan until you see Jesus!
- Faith is the victory that overcomes the world, as John wrote in 1 John 5.4-5.
- He reminds us of this further in Revelation 12.11.
- So, practice James 4.7!
- Consider Moses’ question of God in Exodus 33.16 and God’s reply in 34.10. The world is waiting to see this from us. Are you ready?
He is coming soon! Luke 21.28. Praise God!!!