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I win…
Goal To acquire a new perspective about a topical issue
Matthew 24:1-14
Look carefully at this passage What do you see?
Is it good? Is the outcome bad?
Make a list of all the difficult and negative things listed in the passage.
How does the passage end?
It ends with “and”…
Look carefully at verse 14
Is it good? Is outcome bad?
the
Now put the whole passage together – all 14 verses
Who wins?
If I make acquiring real estate the focus of my life? What could happen?
I could loose due to an earthquake or war
If I make food security my focus? Who wins?
I could loose due to famine or war
If I make what people say or do the focus of my life? Who wins?
I could become cold due to discouragement or bitterness
the Matthew 24 passage is about hope‌
In spite of all the negative thing that are prophesied to here‌
it is as if these difficult and evil situations are forcing God’s good news to spread to every nation.
The evil does not stop the spread of the Good news but rather seems
to cause its spread!
So if I make God the focus of my life? Who wins?
Both He and I (Revelation 4:8,11; Revelation 1:17,18; Ephesians 1:18-23; Isaiah 9:1,6,7)
If I make obeying God’s Word the focus of my life? Who wins?
Both He and I (Matthew 24:35; James 1:25; 1 Peter 1:23-25)
If I make investing in the gospel in 1 nation the purpose of my life? Who wins?
Both He and I (Matthew 24:14; Matthew 25:46; 2 Peter 3:3-7,9)
If I make investing in the gospel in many nations the purpose of my life? Who wins?
Both He and I as the gospel will reach the whole earth. I can’t loose regardless of which country I invest in! 1 John 2:17
In summary…
What does this say to me?
Luke 18:27
Mark 10:27
Matthew 28:18
No matter how bod or difficult things get God is able to bring it back
So I can keep praying for a difficult situation because God can still change it.
I can INVEST my live in helping others (even the most impossible cases) knowing that God can bring good out of evil
So no matter what happens or is about to happen God always wins!
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