1. There’s a Great Day Coming

2. There’s Great Day Coming
Great – Superior In Rank
Day – Specific time Period
Coming – In the future
1. Define Great—Superior in rank
a) Length/Distance
b) Number
c) Significance
Define Day
Specific Period of Time
Coming
Future Timing more later

3. There’s Great Day Coming
Characteristics identifying the Day
Parting Saints and Sinners
Judge
Criteria
Purpose
Judge - Jesus
(1) Matt 25:31-33 "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. 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.
Decision Criteria
(1) Matt 25:34-40 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.
Matt 25:41-46 "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.'
Purpose
46 "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
(1) Cannot enter heaven without love of Neighbor!

4. There’s Great Day Coming
A bright day for some
For those who love the Lord
The Lord will determine who loves Him.
(1)John 14:15-18 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
(2)John 14:24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
Man’s thoughts are not criteria
Matt 7:15-21 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Not some emotion!
John 12:48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

5. There’s Great Day Coming
A sad day for sinners
“Depart….”
Matt 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
Not Emotion but will of father Jn 12:48

6. There’s Great Day Coming
When?
Unknown
Coming by and by - Future
Unknown—Matt 24:36 Mark 13:32
1 Thess 5:1-4 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
Future
1 Thess 4:16-18 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. (the sheep)
Matt 25:46 "And these will go away into everlasting punishment (the goats), but the righteous (the sheep) into eternal life."
Remove the saints (the sheep) and the sinners (the goats) from the total and there are none left to inhabit the earth after this “Great Day”

7. Chorus
The song has its own invitation “Are you ready for that day to come?
Have you Heard?
Do you believe?
Will you Repent?
Will you confess?
Will you Submit to baptism?
Will you endure?
Have you started but lost your way?
a) Have you heard the word of the Lord?
b) Do you believe that saints and sinners will be separated, one to everlasting Life and the other to everlasting punishment?
c) Is your Love of the Lord and fear of punishment sufficient to change your life to conforming to the word of the Lord?
d) Will you submit to baptism as did all believers in The New Testament?
e) Will you fight the good fight and endure to the end?
f) Perhaps your love has grown cold and you wish to return?