Message Notes

REVIEW

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 5:24

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE

The sayings of Jesus:
Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your LORD is coming.
Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:42, 44

A SPECIAL WORD OF ADMONITION

1. The call “Watch”

2. The corresponding call “Be Ready”

3. The Return of Jesus (The Son of Man) would be at an hour no one can predict

IN CONTRAST

1. Looking for Signs

2. Erroneous predictions

3. Inadequate and inappropriate preparation

YPG II MESSAGE
29 January 2011
Text: 2 Thessalonians 1; Romans 1-2
Topic: The Righteous Judgment of God II

1. Pre-warned Judgment of God

a) It will be righteous          Romans 2:2-3

b) It will be according to the following things:-

i) According to truth          Romans 2:2

ii) According to our deeds          Romans 2:6

iii) According to the gospel          Romans 2:16

2. People who will be judged

a) Those who do not know God          2 Thessalonians 1:8a (Romans 1:18-32)

i) They reject God

ii) They suppress the truth

iii) They choose sin

b) Those who do not obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus          2 Thessalonians 1:8

i) They prefer darkness

ii) They deliberately reject the gospel

3. Punishment meted out

a) Everlasting destruction          2 Thessalonians 1:9a

b) Banished from the presence of God          2 Thessalonians 1:9b

4. Proclamation of the Gospel

a) With deep concern for souls

b) With great awareness of the danger of rejecting God

Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men…
2 Corinthians 5:11a

GROUP DISCUSSION

1. Why people reject the Gospel

a) Ignorance          John 1:10

b) Preference for darkness          John 3:19a

c) Caught up with evil deeds          John 3:19b

d) Slaves of Sin          John 8:34

e) Minds blinded by the evil on          2 Corinthians 4:3-4

2. How we may reach people

a) Through outreach          Matthew 28:19-20

b) Through our being lights to the world          Matthew 5:16; Philippians 2:15

c) Through being a city set on a hill          Matthew 5:18

d) Through the power of the Gospel          1 Corinthians 1:18

3. Extra means

a) Prayer

b) Kind deeds

c) Christian Love