1. WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 06/06/10

2. LOOKING FORWARD TO JESUS’ COMING Pine Grove Church of Christ – 06/06/10

3. Looking Forward to Jesus’ Coming  Peter: II Peter 3:10-14 – “looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God” (NKJ)  “as you look forward to the day of the Lord and speed its coming” (NIV)  “looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God (ASV)  Paul: I Corinthians 16:21-24 – “O Lord, come!”  John: Revelations 22:20-21 – “Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”

4. Looking Forward to Jesus’ Coming  We Must Be Looking Forward

5. We Must Be Looking Forward  Titus 2:11-15 – “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ”  I Thessalonians 5:2-6 – “Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober”  Luke 21:34-36 – “watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy”

6. We Must Be Looking Forward  Mark 13:32-37 – “Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master is coming”  Matthew 24:45-51 – “evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming”  Matthew 25:1-13 – “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming”

7. Looking Forward to Jesus’ Coming  We Must Be Looking Forward  We Have So Much to Be Looking Forward To

8. So Much to Be Looking Forward To  An End to Suffering, Disappointments, & Death  Romans 8:18 – “the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us”  Revelation 21:2-4 – “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying”

9. So Much to Be Looking Forward To  An End to Suffering, Disappointments, & Death  Being in the Presence of God & Jesus  John 14:1-6 – “I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also”  Revelation 22:3-5 – “They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light”

10. So Much to Be Looking Forward To  An End to Suffering, Disappointments, & Death  Being in the Presence of God & Jesus  Living Eternally in Heaven  John 5:24-27 – “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”  I Corinthians 15:54-58 – “Death is swallowed up in victory”  Revelations 22:12-14 – “Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life”

11. Conclusions  Jesus is Coming  Our Savior is coming back to reward the faithful  We must look forward to His Coming  NOW, we must make preparations & be watchful in all things  We have so much to look forward to with His coming  Romans 6:23 – “the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”

12. WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 06/06/10