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Jesus is coming for His church
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Christ is the head of the church
Colossians 1:18
Colossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
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The church is the body of Christ
Ephesians 1:22-23
Ephesians 1:22-23
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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He nourishes and cherishes the church
Ephesians 5:29-30
Ephesians 5:29-30
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
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Jesus might present to Himself a glorious church
Ephesians 5:25-27
Ephesians 5:25-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
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Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her
Ephesians 5:25
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
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In Him:
‣ our sins are removed
‣ we are buried with Him in baptism
‣ we are raised with Him through faith
‣ we are made alive together with Him
Having:
‣ forgiven you all trespasses
‣ nailed the old law to the cross
‣ triumphed over principalities and powers
Colossians 2:11-15
Colossians 2:11-15
11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins
of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us.
And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
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In all things He may have the preeminence
Colossians 1:16-18
Colossians 1:16-18
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
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There is only one gospel
Galatians 1:6-9
Galatians 1:6-9
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
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Jesus is the door to heaven
John 10:9
John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
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No one comes to the Father except through Jesus
John 14:6
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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Jesus goes to prepare a place with many mansions for you
John 14:1-2
John 14:1-2
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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Jesus will come again that we might be where he is
Acts 1:9-11
Acts 1:9-11
9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,
11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,
will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
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John 14:3
John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
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Hebrews 9:28
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
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Jesus is with us in the shadow of death
We do not need to fear, God is with us
Psalm 23:1-4
Psalm 23:1-4
1 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
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Jesus writes our name in the book of life
Revelation 13:8
Revelation 13:8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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Revelation 17:8
Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition.
And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the
foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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Through Jesus, we have an inheritance reserved in heaven
1 Peter 1:3-5
1 Peter 1:3-5
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us
again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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He will come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him
He will sit on the throne of His glory
Matthew 25:31
Matthew 25:31
31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
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He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left
The sheep are faithful christians, those for who Jesus has prepared a place
The goats are those Jesus has not prepared a place
Matthew 25:32-33
Matthew 25:32-33
32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
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Those on His right hand - inherit the kingdom prepared for you
Those on His left hand - depart from Me,into the everlasting fire
Matthew 25:34-46
Matthew 25:34-46
34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;
36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’
40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father
1 Corinthians 15:24
1 Corinthians 15:24
Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
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This is why Jesus is coming for His church
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What does this mean for us today?
‣ The old covenant has been done away and replaced with the new covenant
‣ Christ is the mediator of the new covenant
‣ Jesus said "I will build my church" and it was established in the book of
Acts Chapter 2, a spiritual church
‣ To be saved, we must become a member in that spiritual church
‣ When we are baptized for the remission of sin we are saved and
God adds us to the spiritual church
‣ We must come to the Father through Jesus
‣ Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us with many mansions
‣ Jesus will come again that we might be where he is
‣ At the end Jesus will be the judge
‣ All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats
‣ Those who are with Jesus in the church will be on the right hand
‣ These will be told 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world'
‣ To inherit the kingdom prepared for us we must be a member of the spiritual church
‣ This spiritual church, we are part of, will be delivered to GOD
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