2. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY:

3. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! (Jn.5:25-29) 25. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27. And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

4. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: (Acts 17:30-31) 30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

5. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: (2Cor.5:10) 10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

6. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: (Mk.13:32) 32. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. (2Pet.3:10) 10. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. II. At The TIME of His Coming:

7. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: II. At The TIME of His Coming: III. At The MANNER of His Coming:

8. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! (Acts 1:11) 9. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. III. At The MANNER of His Coming:

9. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! (1Cor.15:51-53) 51. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. III. At The MANNER of His Coming:

10. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! (1Thess.4:15-17) 15. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. III. At The MANNER of His Coming:

11. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: II. At The TIME of His Coming: III. At The MANNER of His Coming: IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming:

12. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: He's not coming to : 1. Set up His Kingdom as some teach! (1Cor.15:24) 24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

13. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: He's not coming to : 2. Make a sacrifice for sin! (Heb.2:9; 9:28) 9. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

14. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: He's not coming to : 3. Save sinners! (Lk.19:10) 10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

15. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: He's not coming to : 4. Give non-Christians another chance! (Mt.25:31-32) 31. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32. And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

16. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: He's coming to : 1. Raise the dead! 2. Judge the world! 3. Receive the faithful up to glory! 4. Assign the wicked to punishment! (Jn.17:4) 4. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

17. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: II. At The TIME of His Coming: III. At The MANNER of His Coming: IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: V. The STANDARD of Judgment That Day:

18. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! V. The STANDARD of Judgment That Day: The standard will be: 1. The Word or Gospel! (Jn.12:48) 48. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (Rom.2:16) 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

19. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! V. The STANDARD of Judgment That Day: The standard will be: 2. By your words! (Mt.12:36-37) 36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

20. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! V. The STANDARD of Judgment That Day: The standard will be: 3. By your works! (Mt.16:27) 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

21. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! I. That Judgment Day is a REALITY: II. At The TIME of His Coming: III. At The MANNER of His Coming: IV. At The PURPOSE of His Coming: V. The STANDARD of Judgment That Day: VI. The Humble, Obedient, Christian will be surprised:

22. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! VI. The Humble, Obedient, Christian will be surprised: (Mt.25:31-34) 31. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32. And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

23. In Christ = SAVED Baptized (Gal.3:27) Confess (Rom.10:10) Hear (Rom.10:17) Believe (Jn.8:24) Repent (Lk.13:3)

24. Judgment Day Surprises! Judgment Day Surprises! (Mt.25:41; 46) 41. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: but the righteous into life eternal. 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

25. In Christ = SAVED Baptized (Gal.3:27) Confess (Rom.10:10) Hear (Rom.10:17) Believe (Jn.8:24) Repent (Lk.13:3) Are You Ready For The Judgment Day?