Sunday Service Sermon 42.24

THE PROMISED RETURN OF JESUS  Acts 1:9-11 

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS LEAVING

• It signified ______________ in His earthly work.
• It marked the return of His heavenly ___________.
• It fulfilled His promise to _____________ a place for us.
• It indicated the beginning of His new work as _________ ____________ and ______________ of the New Covenant.
• It set the pattern for His _____________

2. THE CERTAINTY OF HIS ______________.

• The angels ___________________ it
• The Scriptures ___________ it.
• Jesus ______________ his return (John 14:3).

3. HIS RETURN WILL BE __________________ (vs. 11)

• In the same way…
• This same Jesus…

4. HIS RETURN WILL BE ___________________ (v. 9)

• Luke 21:27 tells us that Jesus will return “in a cloud with power and great glory.”
• His first coming was ___________. His second coming will be seen by all.
• His first coming was _______________. His second coming will be as _________ and __________.
• His first coming was to be ______________ for our sin. His second coming is to ____________ all sin.
• His first coming required _________________. His second coming requires ________________________ of who He is.

5. HIS RETURN IS __________________

• Does not mean ____________________
  • The uncertainty of the _____________
  • The possibility of _______________
• __________ and be ____________

“Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come” (Mark 13:33).

6. HOW SHOULD WE _________ FOR HIS RETURN? 1 Peter 3

• Be ___________________
• To be peaceful. It literally means: to get along. To quit finding fault with each other.
• Be ______________
• Without spot and blameless. Live clean honest lives.
• Be _____________ and _________________
• Don’t give up hope.  Don’t stop working. Don’t stop proclaiming the Gospel.
• Be _________________ 
• Grow in your Christian life.
• Be ________________

It could happen at any moment.