Preparing for Christ s Second Coming

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1 July 4 th Conference, Fountain Valley, CA June 30 July 4, 2017 Preparing for Christ s Second Coming Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant (Is. 1:9) Meeting 1: The Physician for Our Healing I. Our condition sin, sickness and death (Is. 1:5; Matt. 9:12) A. Proud and rebellious do not know our King subjectively (Is. 1:3, 20; Prov. 6:16-19) 1. Blind and deaf (Is. 6:9; Matt. 13:14-17) 2. Unclean lips (Is. 6:5; Ps. 120:2; Matt. 15:11) 3. Incurably wicked heart (Matt. 12:34-37; 15:18-20; Jer. 17:9-10; Heb. 3:15) 4. Love of the world (1 John 2:15-17) 5. Spread like cancer or gangrene (2 Tim. 2:17-18) 6. Inability to obey and to choose life (Is. 1:5; Rom. 7:23-24) 7. Cannot enter the kingdom of God (Gal. 5:19-21; 1 Cor. 6:9-10) B. Resulting in division, destruction and death (Is. 1:20; Ps. 120:6) II. Christ as our Physician to heal us (Is. 1:6; 53:5; 1 Pet. 2:24; Matt. 4:23-24) A. The brass serpent to heal us (Num. 21:8-9; John 3:14-15) 1. The Lamb of God who takes away the sin, the poison (John 1:29) 2. Crucifying our old man (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20; 5:24) 3. Creating a new man in resurrection (Eph. 2:14-16) B. The practical application of Christ as our medication (Is. 53:5) 1. The inward healing through the life of Christ in His incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension

2 resulting in the transformation of the soul (Mk. 8:23-25; 5:24-34; Lk. 8:43-48; John 5:1-14; 11:25, 38-44) a. By partaking of all the feasts prepared by God (1 Cor. 5:7-8) b. Preparing Christ as all the offerings for the Father (Heb. 10:14) 2. Being nourished by the healthy teachings (1 Tim. 4:6; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Jam. 1:21; 1 Pet. 2:1-3; Is. 1:6; Rev. 22:2) 3. Abiding in the Anointing (1 John 2:20, 22; John 14:26) Meeting 2: God s Judgment on His Unfaithful People I. Knowing the terror of God s judgment at the Day of the Lord (Is. 2:10, 19, 21) A. All believers must appear before the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10-11) B. All believers must give an account to God (Rom. 14:10-12) II. God s judgment and anger because of the fallen condition of His people (1 Pet. 4:17) A. The Lord taking away every support and supply of life (Is. 3:1) B. The leadership taken away and replaced by children, babes and women (Is. 3:2-5, 12-15) C. God s people led into captivity (Is. 5:13) D. The Lord sets up the adversaries and spur His enemies on (Is. 9:11-12) E. The Lord cuts off the elder, honorable, and prophet (Is. 9:13-17) F. Through the wrath of the Lord, the land is burned up, no man spares his brother (Is. 9:18-21) - 2 -

3 III. God s pleading with His people (Is. 1:16-20, 2:5, 3:13) A. To come to Him now, to be willing and obedient, and walk in His light B. To repent (Rev. 2:5, 22, 3:3, 18-19) IV. The fear of the Lord (Is. 8:13, 57:11) A. Do not harden our heart when the Holy Spirit speaks (Heb. 3:8) B. Work out our own salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12) V. Bearing fruits worthy of repentance (Matt. 3:8; Luke 3:8) Meeting 3: The Revelation of Christ in Isaiah I. God s names showing how we can know Him (Is. 9:6) A. Wonderful 1. God became a man Immanuel God with us (Deut. 31:8; Is. 7:14; Heb. 2:9-10; Phil. 2:5-7) 2. He wants to give us the kingdom (Ps. 2:8; Dan. 7:18; Lk. 12:32; Rev. 2:26-27) 3. He will provide for His kingdom s work (Gen. 22:14; Matt. 6:33; Rom. 8:28, 32; 1 Cor. 2:9; 1 John 5:14) B. Counselor 1. We are inadequate on our own (Is. 53:6; 1 Pet. 2:25) 2. Learn to ask Him (Phil. 4:6-7; Col. 2:3) 3. He helps us to make it to the kingdom (Heb. 2:16) 4. Experience His counsel in all aspects of our life because He is a man (Heb. 2:14-18; 4:15) C. Mighty God / Lord of Lords / King of Kings 1. He created everything by the word of His power (John 1:3; Heb. 1:3) 2. He defeated all His enemies (Rev. 17:14) 3. If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:31) 4. With God all things are possible (Matt. 19:26) - 3 -

4 5. He fights every battle for His kingdom (Deut. 31:3-6; 2 Chron. 20:15; Josh. 10:8-14) D. Everlasting Father 1. Loving, caring Father (Matt. 6:26-33; 1 John 3:16-17; Jam. 1:17) 2. Father to chasten us, otherwise we are illegitimate (Heb. 12:5-11, 25-28) 3. Have an intimate, loving relationship with the Father (Lk. 15) 4. If we love the Father, we will keep His word and do His will (John 14:15, 21) E. Prince of Peace 1. Prince sitting on the throne at the right-hand of the majesty (Heb. 8:1) 2. Peace requires righteousness (Ps. 85:10; Rom. 14:7; Heb. 7:1-2) 3. Christ Himself is our peace to reconcile us fully to God (Eph. 2:14) 4. Experience Christ as our peace offering to the Father (Phil 4:6-7; Heb. 4:10) II. The Spirit of the Lord rests on us (Is. 11:2) A. Wisdom and understanding 1. Wisdom from above (Eph. 1:17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21; Jam. 1:5) 2. Minds renewed to know God s will (Prov. 3:5-6; Rom. 12:2; Eph 5:15-17) 3. We are not led astray (Eph. 4:14; 2 Pet. 3:16-17) B. Counsel and might 1. He alone knows the future as our Counselor and Everlasting Father 2. Might the power to do God s will (Rom. 8:11, 31-32; Phil. 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:3-4) - 4 -

5 C. Knowledge and fear of the Lord 1. Experiencing the Lord maturing us (Heb. 8:10; Eph. 4:13-14) 2. Fear so we don t become puffed up (1 Cor. 8:1) 3. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Prov. 1:7, 9:10) 4. Serve Him with reverence and godly fear (Is. 11:3; 1 Cor. 2:3; Heb. 12:28-29) III. The goal bringing His kingdom down to this earth A. His reigning to increase in us (Is. 9:7; Lk. 17:20-21) B. Ruling with His righteousness and peace (Is. 11:3-5) Meeting 4: The Church Our Beloved s Vineyard I. The church-life today is God s vineyard the aspect of life and fruit bearing (Is. 5:1-7; John 15:1-8; Matt. 13) II. God invested His very best in His vineyard (Is. 5:1-4; John 15:1, 5) III. God desires a fruitful vineyard that He can be glorified (Is. 5:1, 7; Matt. 13:23; John 15:8) IV. Unfortunately, the vineyard did not produce good fruits (Is. 5:4; John 15:2) A. The ground the condition of our heart is very important (Matt. 13:13-15, 18-23) B. Watch tower we are not watchful, too tolerant, allowing the wolves and foxes to come in (Is. 5:2; Matt. 7:15; Acts 20:29) C. Winepress the processing of the grapes (Is. 5:2) V. God destroys the vineyard (Is. 5:5, 6; John 15:6; Matt. 21:40, 41) - 5 -

6 Meeting 5: The Church Zion, the Kingdom of God I. Qualities of the heavenly kingdom Zion, the city of the living God (Heb. 12:22-23) A. Heavenly in nature not of this earth, not made with human hands (Heb. 9:11) B. God s throne (Ps. 2:6) C. God s dwelling (Ps. 9:11; 132:13) D. Beautiful and the joy of the whole earth, city of the great King (Ps. 48:2) E. The perfection of beauty (Ps 50:2) F. Full of righteousness, peace, and glory of the Lord; a crown of glory (Is. 33:5; 62:1-4) G. We have a part in it our inheritance, reward (Dan. 7:18, 22; 2 Tim. 4:7-8) II. The manifestation of His kingdom A. Manifestation today the Church (Heb. 12:22-23; Matt. 16:18-19) B. Manifestation in the next age the Millennial Kingdom (Rev. 19:15-16; Dan. 2:44-45; 7:13-14; Is. 11) C. Manifestation in eternity future the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21, 22) III. Qualifications of entering the kingdom and the danger of losing it A. Growth in life, maturity, faithfulness (2 Pet. 1:5-11; Matt. 25:21) B. Endurance (2 Tim. 2:12; Heb. 12:1-2) C. Don t fall short (Heb. 4:1-3; Matt. 25) D. Flesh cannot see or enter it because it s heavenly (John 3:5; Gal. 5:21) E. Don t give it up (Heb. 12:16-17) F. Rebellion leads to captivity (Is. 1:18-20; 6:8-13; 63:8-10; Jer. 6:11-13; 9:13-16; 32:21-24) G. We have a great High Priest (Heb. 4:14-16) - 6 -

7 Meeting 6: The Remnant the Overcomers I. A very small remnant (Is. 1:9; 6:13; 10:20-23; 11:11-12, 16) A. In the days of Noah and Lot (Gen. 7:7; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:18-21; Mk. 17:26-27; Gen. 19:12-26; Lk. 17:28-32) B. The example of Caleb and Joshua (Num. 26:64-65; Heb. 3:7-19; 4:7) C. Gideon with 300 (Judges 7:1-8) D. Only 42,360 returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple (Ezra 2:64; Neh. 7:66) E. The Lord s ministry produced 120 (Acts 1:15) F. The church in Jerusalem (Acts 21:20-21) G. Degradation of the early churches (2 Tim. 1:15) H. The overcomers (Rev. 2:7, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21) I. The man-child in Revelation 12 (Rev. 12:5, 11) J. The firstfruits in Revelation 14 (Rev. 14:4-5) K. The martyrs in Revelation 15 (Rev. 15:2-4; 20:4) II. The narrow way which leads to life (Matt. 7:13-14; Lk. 13:24) A. Not everyone who says, Lord, Lord will enter into the kingdom of heavens (Matt. 7:21-27) B. One will be taken and one left (Matt. 24:40-42; Lk. 17:34-36) C. The parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1-13) D. The parable of the talents (Matt. 25:14-29) Meeting 7: Conclusion Draw Water Out of the Wells of Salvation I. The redeemed (the remnant) of the Lord shall return with a new song (Is. 12:2; 51:11; Ps. 126:1) II. With joy we shall draw water out of the wells of salvation (Is. 12:3; 51:11; Ps. 126:2, 5) III. Praising the Lord and calling upon His name (Is. 12:3) - 7 -

8 IV. Declaring His deeds among His people (Is. 12:4) V. Exalting His name (Is. 12:4) VI. The Lord has done excellent things for His people (Is. 12:5, 6; Ps. 126:3) - 8 -