The Church Triumphant
STATMENT: GOD IS SO GOOD
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL: EVERYTHING SOON
COMING TO LIFE
SEE IT IN TREES, GRASS:
SAY,I ASK YOU:
1. WHO PUT THE RED IN THE ROBIN'S BREAST
2. WHO DECIDED THE COLORS IN THE RAINBOW
3. WHO MADE THE EXPLOSION OF RADIANT COLORS AT
SUNSET
4. WHO THOUGHT UP THE WIND THAT GENTLY CARRESSES
THE CHEEK AS IT PASSES BY
5. WHO LOVED US ENOUGH TO DIE FOR US
6. THE LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS
JESUS:
7. YES, THE WHOLE WORLD IS AN EXPRESSION OF GOD'S
LOVE TOWARD US.
A. THE FLOWERS GIVE ODOR OF HIS LOVE
B. STORMS/LIGHTENING, THUNDER, AND RAIN IS JUST
A LANGUAGE OF GOD'S GREAT LOVE FOR US
C. ILLUS: PREACHER-GOD SPEAKING TRHOUGH THUNDER
8. JOHN 1:3 "ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND
WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE
A. WHEN WILL MANKIND ACCEPT THAT
B. BIBLE SAYS: ONE DAY EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW
9. DAVID OF THE BIBLE LOOKED INTO THE HEAVENS AND
BURST INTO A PSALM OF PRAISE
PSALMS 19:1 THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF
GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHOWS HIS HANDIWORK.
10. EVERYTHING CREATED FOR MANKIND BECAUSE OF HIS
GREAT LOVE FOR US.
11. OUT OF THIS GREAT LOVE HE ORDAINED THE CHURCH
AND WITH HIS SHED BLOOD WASHED IT WHITE AS SNOW
A. NO OTHER INSTITUION CAN CLAIM THIS BEGINNING
B. NO OTHER INSTITUION CAN CLAIM THAT IT WILL
ENDURE FOREVER.
C. IT WAS BOUGHT AND ORDAINED BY THE BLOOD OF
GOD'S SON.
D. THE CHURCH BELONGS TO GOD-WE BELONG TO HIM
E. THE CHURCH, GOD'S PEOPLE, WILL LIVE AND
EXIST FOREVER
F. NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE.
G. ROM 8:38 FOR I AM PERSAUDED, THAT NEITHER
DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR
PRICIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS
PRESENT, OR THINGS TO COME, NOR HEIGHT, NOR
DEPTH, NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE SHALL BE ABLE
TO SEPARATE US FORM THE LOVE OF GOD.
H. FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE......
12. YES THE CHURCH IS THE GREATEST INSTITUTION IN
THE WORLD.
A. GOD'S DESIRE THAT ALL PEOPLE BELONG
1. THIS TRULY IS THE LAST DAYS
2. EVERY PERSON'S LIFE BETTER BE ANCHORED
3. BETTER BE NAILED DOWN
4. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO COME LOSE
5. BUT IT IS GOD'S DESIRE THAT ALL BE SAVED
B. PETER DESCRIBES CHURCH
1 PETER 2:9: BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN
GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIEST HOOD, AN HOLY
NATION, A PECULIAR PEOPLE; THAT YOU SHOULD
HOW FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO HAS CALLED
YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELLOUS
LIGHT:
C. BEAUTIFUL DISCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH
1. WE ARE THE CHURCH
2. CHURCH HAS A NAME: CALLED THE BRIDE OF
CHRIST
D. COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH
1. LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE
2. AND TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS
E. MISSION OF THE CHURCH
1. GO YOU INTO ALL THE WORLD
F. BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH:
JESUS PUT THE CROWNING TOUCH TO THE CHURCH
WHEN HE SAID: JOHN 13:34-35 A NEW COMMAND I
GIVE UNTO YOU: LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE
LOVED YOU, SO YOU MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER. ALL
MEN WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES IF
YOU HAVE LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER.
F. THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH-LOVE FOR
ONE ANOTHER
1. THAT'S WHAT MAKES A CHURCH ATTRACTIVE
2. HERE THEN IS THE CHURCH, SPARKLING LIKE
A DIAMOND
G. MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH
1. CHRIST CRUCIFIED, RISEN, AMD COMING AGAIN
2. NO GREATER MESSAGE
3. NO GREATER PRODUCT TO SELL
H. HOPE OF THE CHURCH
1. IS THE RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
FOR HIS BRIDE
I. GOD IS CONTINUALLY WORKING ON THE BEAUTY OF
HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH
1. HE IS CONTINUALLY SHAPING OUR LIVES
2. TO PRESENT US SPOTLESS AND WITHOUT
BLEMISH
3. A DIAMOND MUST BE CUT TO BRING OUT ITS
BEAUTY
4. GOLD MUST BE REFINED TO MAKE IT PURE
5, VINE MUST BE PRUNED TO BEAR FRUIT
6. CLAY MUST BE MOLDED TO MAKE A FIT VESSEL
7. SO LIKEWISE A CHILD OF GOD IS:
CUT, REFINED, PRUNED, AND MOLDED TO BRING
OUT THE BEST IN US.
8. THIS SOMETIMES IS VERY PAINFUL-IT CAN
HURT
ILLUS: SMALL CHILD-DEFORMED FOOT-DAD TURN
SCREWS OF WOODEN VISE TO CORRECT FOOT
9. GOD SOMETIMES HAS TO PUT PRESSURE ON OUR
LIVES-WHEN HE TURNS THE SCREWS IT CAN BE
VERY PAINFUL
J. JESUS ALSO TOLD THE CHURCH; IN THE LAST
DAYS YOU WILL HAVE MUCH TRIBULATION
1. ILLUS: MAN IN BED SICK-NOT IN POSITION TO
ANTAGONIZE ANYBODY
2. ILLUS: MAN - SO MANY PROBLEMS-ANYTHING
ELSE HAPPEN-2 WEEKS BEFORE HE CAN WORRY
ABOUT IT
3. YES, WE WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TIMES-TRYING
TIMES
4. BUT WE KNOW WHEN TIMES ARE THE DARKEST IN
OUR LIVEGOD IS AT WORK.
5. HE WORKS EVERYTHING TO OUR BENEFIT-EVERY
TRIAL, EVERY PAIN EVERY SORROW, EVERY
TRIBULATION
6. HE WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PAIN
AT THE MIDDLE-AND AT THE END OF IT.
K. ONE DAY WE WILL STAND BEFORE THE FATHER
RADIANTLY BEAUTIFUL, SPOTLESS AND WHITE AS
SNOW.
L. JESUS WILL SAY: FATHER, I WANT TO PRESENT TO
YOU MY BRIDE OF WHOM I AM EXTREMELY PROUND
AND AM DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH.
M. AND WE WILL HEAR THE FATHER SAY: WELL DONE
MY SON-AND THEN WE WILL HEAR-WELCOME INTO
MY PRESENCE YOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
N. AND WE THE CHURCH, THE BRIDE OF CHRIST,
SHALL DWELL WITH THE LORD, ETERNITY UPON
ETERNITY, AGES UPON AGES, FOREVER UPON
FOREVER.
13. OUR PRAYER: AS BELOVED APOSTLE JOHN WROTE AT
THE END OF THE BIBLE-NT-THE LORD JESUS SAID
BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; AND THE BROTHER JOHN
SAID: EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS, AMEN AND AMEN.
SO MOTE IT BE. AS IT IS WRITTEN SO SHALL IT
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