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SAMPLE MINI-SERMON FROM TOM WALKER

Since Jesus is Coming

In John 14:3 Jesus said, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” We believe that Jesus is coming again to take us unto Himself . Since He promised it, His word is His guarantee and our assurance. In light of His coming I want to stress five different thoughts to you.

I. Look Continually. “Unto him that look for Him, shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Heb.9:28). The word “look” in this verse has the idea of a continuing action or occurrence. We are not to just occasionally look for the Lord, it is to be a constant practice of our lives. Looking for Jesus to return is a good practice or habit to bring into your life. Just keep looking because you will not be disappointed when He does return to take His own from this world.

II. Live Carefully. In Psalm 39:1 the Psalmist said, “I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not...” The words “take heed” mean “to be on guard or to watch.” We are to be careful about the words we speak, the people with whom we associate, the places where we go, and the materials we see, read, and listen to as we live our everyday lives. We do not want to be found doing the wrong things when Jesus comes, lest we be ashamed at His coming.

III. Read Continually. I especially have in mind reading the Bible itself. Nothing can do for you what the Word of God is able to do. Jesus gave the reason for it. He said, “Thy Word is truth” (Jn.17:17). When you read the Bible you will get the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It is not a part of the Bible that is truth, but all of it. The Bible itself claims inspiration for all of its truths . 2Timothy 3:16 says, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” The more we know about His Word, the more we learn about His second coming.

IV. Witness Compassionately. Acts 1:8 says, “But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me...” Another verse says, “And some having compassion making a difference” (Jude 1:22). If you manifest tenderness toward the sinner, you will get a lot further in bringing him to Christ than you will with harshness. Compassion comes to our lives by being near to the heart of God. It sure does make a difference.

V. Surrender Completely. Read Rom.12:1-2. If you present your whole self to God, that will ensure that you will be right in regard to His second coming. When we are fully surrendered, our hearts are set on serving Him and seeing Christ in His eternal glory one day.

Volume 1- TWBK10
Volume 2- TWBK 14
Volume 3- TWBK 15
Volume 4- TWBK 16
Volume 5- TWBK 18

These books are a compliation of newspaper article submitted to the Old Fort News Bulletin, Old Fort, North Carolina. They are written from the standpoint of taking natural everyday things and applying spiritual truths to them from the Word of God.

A person can get sermon ideas from these articles or they are good reading for the curious and thoughful mind.

There is a great value in teaching spiritual things by illustration and reference to what we can see, touch and feel. Jesus did so when He taught in parables. A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.

Try one of the four of these volumes available along with the mini-sermon studies, and you may want to start collecting all of these for your library.