This document provides the order of service for the First Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi on March 29, 2015. It includes Bible verses from Zechariah 8:1-8, 9:9-12 and 1 Corinthians 10:31 about glorifying God. Upcoming events are announced like Maundy Thursday on April 2nd and Resurrection Sunday on April 5th. Information is given about a multi-generation luncheon on April 12th and an apologetics conference from April 17th-19th featuring speakers on creationism and defending the faith.
6. Maundy Thursday will be Thursday,
April 2, 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel led by
Tom Washburn.
Resurrection Sunday, April 5.
What a day to celebrate our risen Lord
and the sacrifice He made for each of
us!
7. Multi-Generation Luncheon
for Median and Young Adults.
Sunday, April 12
th
immediately after 10:30 Worship.
Tickets:
Adults -- $7.00
Students -- $5.50
Family Max -- $25.00
8. Tickets MUST be paid for in
advance.
Tickets may be purchased today at
the 4
th
Floor East Welcome Desk &
at the 2
nd
floor kiosk on April 5.
Tickets may also be purchased
online or by calling 601-949-1941.
9.
10. Friday, April 17, 2015 | 6:30 pm |
Fellowship Hall East
• Dr. Jason Lisle: Creation vs Evolution vs ID,
Apologetics, Cosmology,The Big Bang,
Astro Physics, Astronomy
• Mark Cahill: Apologetic Evangelism, Do
Something, BiblicalTruth
• JayWatts: LifeTraining Institute,The Case
for Life, BiblicalWorldviews
11. Saturday: April 18, 2015 | 9:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Fellowship Hall East
• JayWatts: “Back to the Cross, Apologetics in
Service to the Gospel”
• Mark Cahill: Apologetic EvangelismTraining
(2hrs) (Breakout Session)
• Dr. Jason Lisle: How the Heavens Declare God’s
Glory (Breakout Session)
• JayWatts: “The Case for Life” (Breakout Session)
12. Saturday Lunch | 12:15 pm | Cost $10 (Purchase by
April 12)
• Dr. Jason Lisle: “Ultimate Proof of Creation”
• Mark Cahill: “No Excuses”
Sunday, April 19, 2015
• 9:00 & 10:30 am Sunday School Sunday
• School Option: Fellowship Hall East: Dr. Jason
Lisle: “Why Genesis Matters”
13. Sunday, April 19, 2015
• 9:00 & 10:30 am Worship Services – Sanctuary
• Apologetic Message – Mark Cahill: “One
Heartbeat Away”
Evening Service – Sanctuary
• 5:00 pm Dr. Jason Lisle: “DiscerningTruth:
Exposing Errors in Evolutionary Arguments”
• 6:15 pm Mark Cahill: “OneThingYou Can’t Do in
Heaven”
14.
15. Secret Church Simulcast
Friday, April 24, 2015, 6:00 - 11:59 PM
Contact: HalWarren
Taught by Dr. David Platt,
President of the I.M.B.
Books may be purchased for $10 in
the Missions office starting April 12.
16. We will be meeting in the CLC
Auditorium, on the third floor of the
Christian Life Center for Secret Church
Friday, April 24, 2015, 6:00 - 11:59 PM.
Snacks will be included
19. January verse:
Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth,
“Jesus is Lord”, and believe in your
heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved.
20. February verse:
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith—and this is
not from yourselves, it is a gift of
God—not by works, so that no one
can boast.
25. Joel 3:1-2 NKJV
God Judges the Nations
1 “For behold, in those days and at that
time,
When I bring back the captives of
Judah and Jerusalem,
26. 2 I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to theValley of
Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
Joel 3:1-2 NKJV
27. Israel is the only nation in history that
has a deed to the land from God.
30. The twelve prophets with shorter
(minor) works are the last twelve
books of our OldTestament:
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and
Malachi.
33. These 16 writing prophets may be
divided into four groups:
1) Prophets of the northern kingdom -
Israel – Jonah, Amos, and Hosea
2) Prophets of the southern kingdom -
Judah – Obadiah, Joel, Isaiah, Micah,
Nahum, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk
40. Zechariah 2:8 NKJV
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: “He
sent Me after glory, to the nations
which plunder you; for he who
touches you touches the apple of His
eye.
42. Zechariah 8:1-9 NKJV
Jerusalem, Holy City of the Future
1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came,
saying, 2 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘I am zealous for Zion with great zeal;
With great fervor I am zealous for her.’
43. 3 “Thus says the LORD:
‘I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of
Truth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.’
44. 4 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of great age.
5 The streets of the city
Shall be full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
45. 6 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘If it is marvelous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days,
Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?’
Says the LORD of hosts.
46. 7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Behold, I will save My people from the land of the
east
And from the land of the west;
8 I will bring them back, (began in 1948)
And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem (began
in 1967).
They shall be My people
And I will be their God,
In truth and righteousness.’
47. 9 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Let your hands be strong,
You who have been hearing in these days
These words by the mouth of the prophets,
Who spoke in the day the foundation was laid
For the house of the LORD of hosts,
That the temple might be built.
Zechariah 8:1-9 NKJV
48. TheThirdTemple, or Ezekiel'sTemple,
is a Jewish HolyTemple architecturally
described and prophesied in the Book
of Ezekiel, a house of prayer for all
people with a sacrificial service.
50. It is noted by Ezekiel as an eternal
edifice and permanent dwelling place
of the God of Israel on theTemple
Mount in Jerusalem.
• The architecture of the temple is
described in detail in Ezekiel
Chapters 40 to 42.
51. Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu
completed a B.S. degree in
architecture in 1975 at MIT.
The leaders of the new coalition
government in Israel will become
known as theTemple Builders.
53. Born inTel Aviv to secular Jewish
parents, Netanyahu is the first Israeli
prime minister born in Israel after the
establishment of the state.
He has been wounded in combat
twice.
54. Between 1956 and 1958, and again
from 1963 to 1967, his family lived in
the United States in a suburb of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he
attended and graduated from
Cheltenham High School and was
active in a debate club.
55. To this day, he speaks fluent English,
with a noticeable Philadelphia accent.
After he completed a B.S. degree in
architecture in 1975, he also earned an
M.S. degree from the MIT Sloan
School of Management in 1977.
56. Concurrently, he studied political science
at Harvard University.
See article:
TheThird Temple:WhenWill It Be
Built?
Building a Stage for Antichrist
By Ken Raggio
57. Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel from
1969 to 1974, once joked that
“In Israel, there are 3 million prime
ministers".
Netanyahu (1996–1999)
Barak (1999–2001)
Olmert (2006–2009)
Netanyahu (2009–present)
60. Zech. 8:1-23
Promises concerning Israel
God's people don't live on explanations;
we live on promises. Faith and hope are
nourished by the promises of God given to
us in the Scriptures.
61. That explains why Zechariah dropped
the discussion of the traditions in
chapter 7 and delivered a new
message from the Lord here in
chapter 8.
62. In this message, he focused the
people's eyes of faith on the future
and shared some to encourage them.
Note the repetition of the phrase,
"Thus says the Lord," which is used
ten times just in this chapter alone.
63. The city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt
(vv. 1-6).
God affirmed His jealous love and
concern for Zion, just as He had done
earlier (1:14).
64. Zechariah 8:1-3 NKJV
Jerusalem, Holy City of the Future
1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came,
saying, 2 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘I am zealous for Zion with great zeal;
With great fervor I am zealous for her.’
65. 3 “Thus says the LORD:
‘I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City ofTruth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.’
Zechariah 8:1-3 NKJV
66. He promises that Jerusalem will be
rebuilt and become a wholly different
city, dedicated to truth and holiness.
• This promise will be fulfilled when
Jesus Christ returns to earth to
establish His kingdom (Isa. 1:26;
2:3; 60:14; 62:12).
68. Zechariah 8:4-5 NKJV
4 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of great age.
69. 5 The streets of the city
Shall be full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
Zechariah 8:4-5 NKJV
70. He describes a city so safe and
friendly that the elderly can leisurely
sit in the streets and talk, and where
the children can play in the streets
and not be in danger.
72. The children are killed before they
have a chance to be born, and when
the elderly are no longer "useful," we
find legal ways to end their lives.
But all of that will change when Jesus
returns and righteousness reigns.
73. Zechariah 8:6-7 NKJV
6 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘If it is marvelous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days,
Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?’
Says the LORD of hosts.
74. 7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Behold, I will save My people from
the land of the east
And from the land of the west;
Zechariah 8:6-7 NKJV
75. The people of Israel will be regathered (Zech.
8:7).
True to His covenant, God disciplined His
disobedient people and dispersed them
throughout the world (Deut. 28:63); but one
day, He will regather them to their land and to
their holy city (Isa. 11:11-12; 43:5-7; Jer. 30:7-11;
31:7-8).
76. While groups of Jewish patriots have
returned from time to time to their
land, the kind of worldwide
regathering described by the
prophets has never yet occurred, until
this year.
77. Netanyahu Calls For JewsTo ReturnTo Israel
In Wake Of Copenhagen Attack (Liberty News
article) 12:44 pm February 16, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
called for Jews to return home to Israel after a
Jewish man was killed at Copenhagen’s main
synagogue.
78. In a statement to the Jewish
community, Netanyahu said “To the
Jews of Europe and to the Jews of the
world I say that Israel is waiting for
you with open arms.”
79. “Israel is your home.We are preparing
and calling for the absorption of mass
immigration from Europe,”
Netanyahu said in a statement,
repeating a similar call after attacks
by jihadists in Paris last month when
four Jews were among the dead.
80. “Extremist Islamic terrorism has
struck Europe again … Jews have
been murdered again on European
soil only because they were Jews,”
Netanyahu said in the statement.
81. The Israeli prime minister said his
government was to adopt a $45
million (39.5 million euro) plan
“to encourage the absorption of
immigrants from France, Belgium and
Ukraine”.
82. Zechariah 8:8 NKJV
8 I will bring them back, (1948)
And they shall dwell in the midst of
Jerusalem (1967).
They shall be My people
And I will be their God,
In truth and righteousness.’
Zechariah 8:8 NKJV
83. The relationship between Israel and
Jehovah will be restored (Zech. 8:8).
The promise “They will be My people"
reminds us that God claimed the
people of Israel as His own.
84. When God delivered Israel from
Egyptian bondage, He said to them,
"Obey My voice, and do according to
all that I command you; so shall you
be My people, and I will be your God"
(Jer. 11:4, NKJV; see Ex. 19:3-5).
85. For a time, God abandoned His
people because they abandoned Him,
and He called them "Lo-ammi; for you
are not My people, and I will not be
your God" (Hosea 1:9, NKJV).
86. The nation of Israel was punished for
her idolatry and for disobeying the
Shemitah by being sent into
Babylonian captivity for 70 years.
• Then she was punished for
rejecting her Messiah by being sent
into worldwide dispersion.
88. "At that time I will gather you; at that
time I will bring you home. I will give
you honor and praise among all the
peoples of the earth when I restore
your fortunes before your very eyes"
(Zephaniah 3:20).
89. Zechariah 8:9 NKJV
9 “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Let your hands be strong,
You who have been hearing in these days
These words by the mouth of the prophets,
Who spoke in the day the foundation was laid
For the house of the LORD of hosts,
That the temple might be built.
Zechariah 8:9 NKJV
90. The land of Israel will be refreshed
(8:9-13).
Haggai had rebuked the Jewish
remnant because the people weren't
faithful to the Lord in their
stewardship (Hag. 1).
91. Instead of honoring the Lord and
building His house, they built their
own houses first, and for this sin, God
disciplined them.
• The weather turned bad, their
crops failed, and the economy
became worse and worse.
92. God wasn't being unkind to His
people; He was only being true to His
covenant (Deut. 28:38-46).
But now the land would be refreshed
by the Lord and the crops would grow
abundantly.
93. Laborers would get their wages and
their money would be sufficient to
pay their bills.
• The Lord would send the promised
rain (Deut. 28:11-12) and the other
nations would witness the blessing
of the Lord on His people.
95. While this promise of material
blessing was given primarily to the
remnant in Zechariah's day, it has its
application to the future regathered
and restored nation.
96. God promises that "the desert shall
rejoice and blossom like the rose"
(Isa. 35:1) in the kingdom of Messiah.
There are two facts about material
blessings that we must always keep in
mind.
97. First, we don't obey God just to become
wealthy and secure.
• We obey God because He is God and
deserves our loving obedience and
obedience builds character; when
our character is what it ought to be,
God can trust us with His blessings.
98. Material blessings aren't bribes, nor
are they rewards.
They're God's way of saying, "You're
maturing in godliness, and now I can
give you more to use for My glory."
99. Second, God doesn't always respond
with material blessings, and poverty is
not a sign that God has forsaken His
people.
• The experience of Job completely
destroys this "commercial" idea of
faith and obedience.
101. But Job refused to do that, though he
didn't understand what the Lord was
working out in his sufferings.
If God had told Job ahead of time
what was going on, his story would be
one of endurance, not one of faith.
102. God's covenant with Israel declared
that He would punish them physically
and materially if they disobeyed Him,
but bless them if they obeyed Him
(Deut. 27-28; Lev. 26).
• However, He has no such covenant
with Christian believers today.
104. If God chooses to make some of His
people wealthy, it's that they might
use what He gives them to help others
(1Tim. 6:17-19).
He blesses us that we might be a
blessing.
105. 1Timothy 6:17-19 NKJV
Instructions to the Rich
17 Command those who are rich in this
present age not to be haughty, nor to trust
in uncertain riches but in the living God,
Who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
106. 18 Let them do good, that they be rich
in good works, ready to give, willing
to share, 19 storing up for themselves a
good foundation for the time to
come, that they may lay hold on
eternal life.
1Timothy 6:17-19 NKJV
109. Zechariah 9-11
Messiah, the Shepherd-King
In the last half of his book, Zechariah
presents two oracles ("burdens") that
focus on the first and second advents
of the coming Messiah.
110. These six chapters comprise one of
the greatest concentrations of
messianic truth found anywhere in
Scripture, but the truth is always
related to God's purposes for His
people Israel.
111. Zechariah reveals Messiah as the
humble King, the loving Shepherd,
the mightyWarrior, the gracious
Savior, and the righteous RulerWho
will reign on earth as King and Priest.
112. Theologians agree on the greatness of
the ChristWhose character and
ministry are so vividly portrayed here.
As we study these chapters, may our
hearts burn within us (Luke 24:32) and
may we love Him more.
113. Zechariah 9:1-8
Messiah's first advent
The first coming of God's Son to this
earth wasn't Heaven's "Plan B" or a
hasty decision by the Father after our
first parents sinned.
115. The coming of the Lamb of God was
"foreordained before the foundation
of the world" (1 Peter 1:20), for He was
"the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world" (Rev. 13:8).
116. Zechariah 9:1-8 NKJV
1 The burden of the word of the LORD
Against the land of Hadrach,
And Damascus its resting place
(For the eyes of men
And all the tribes of Israel
Are on the LORD);
117. 2 Also against Hamath, which borders on
it,
And againstTyre and Sidon, though
they are very wise.
118. 3 ForTyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.
119. 5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And Ekron, for He dried up her
expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
120. 6 “A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the
Philistines.
121. 7 I will take away the blood from his
mouth,
And the abominations from between
his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be
for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
122. 8 I will camp around My house
Because of the army,
Because of him who passes by and him
who returns.
No more shall an oppressor pass
through them,
For now I have seen with My eyes.
Zechariah 9:1-8 NKJV
123. Zechariah 9:1-8
Preparation for the King
These verses describe the march of
Alexander the Great and his army
through the area north and east of
Palestine.
125. Daniel had predicted Alexander's
success; he compared him to a winged
leopard (Dan. 7:6) and a fighting he-goat
(Dan. 8).
• It's been said that prophecy is history
pre-written, and both Daniel and
Zechariah wrote some of that history.
126. Hadrach was a region to the far north
of Palestine, bordered by the
Euphrates River, and Damascus was
the capital of Syria.
Damascus is the oldest continuously
inhabited city on the planet.
127. Isaiah 17: 1 & 14 NKJV
1The burden against Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus will cease from
being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.
128. 14 Then behold, at eventide, trouble!
And before the morning, he is no
more.
This is the portion of those who
plunder us,
And the lot of those who rob us.
Isaiah 17: 1 & 14 NKJV
129. After defeating these nations, the
Greek army then marched down the
Phoenician coast, taking one city after
another, fromTyre and Sidon in the
north to Ashkelon and Gaza in the
south.
131. The statement in verse 1 about "the
eyes of men being toward the Lord"
may mean that Alexander's victorious
march caused people to look to God
for help, but it could also mean that
God's eyes were on the nations and
especially on His people Israel.
132. The NIV marginal translation says,
"For the eye of the Lord is on all
mankind, as well as on the tribes of
Israel."
133. Merrill Unger suggests that as the
people were watching Alexander, they
were actually watching God at work,
for "history is His story."
• After a two-month siege of Gaza,
Alexander took the city and then
went to Jerusalem.
134. He was unhappy with the Jews
because they had refused to pay him
the annual tribute that they usually
gave to the Persians.
136. The night before Alexander and his
army were to arrive at Jerusalem, the
high priest had a dream in which God
told him to adorn the city, tell the
people to dress in white garments,
and open the gates to their visitor.
137. The high priest and the other priests
would head the procession dressed in
their holy robes.
This they did, and Alexander was so
impressed that he welcomed them in
peace.
138. The high priest told Alexander about
Daniel's prophecies concerning him,
and Alexander even offered sacrifices
to Jehovah in the temple.
Thus, the city and the people were
spared.
139. But Zechariah had promised that
Jerusalem and Judea would be spared.
"I will camp around My house because
of the army, because of him who
passes by and him who returns"
(v. 8, NKJV).
140. Alexander had passed by Jerusalem in
route to Gaza, but then he turned back to
the Holy City.
How much of Josephus' account is fact and
how much is tradition, we can't tell, but
we do know that God kept His promise
and protected His people.
141. But why all this concern over the
conquests of Alexander the Great?
His conquests helped to prepare the
world for the coming of Jesus Christ.
142. By building Greek cities, encouraging
his soldiers to marry women from
conquered nations, and spreading
Greek language and culture; he
unified the known world, and when
the Romans took over, they found an
empire all prepared for them.
143. Greek was the language of literature,
and our NewTestament is written in
the common Greek language of the
people of that day.
145. Romans 5:6 NKJV
6 For when we were still without
strength, in due time Christ died for
the ungodly.
146. Galatians 4:4 NKJV
4 But when the fullness of the time
had come, God sent forth His Son,
born of a woman, born under the law,
147. The promise in verse 8 goes far
beyond the time of Alexander, for it
states that God is always protecting
His people and His house.
No one can touch them without His
permission.
148. In the centuries since Alexander's
conquest, the Jewish nation has
suffered often because of invaders,
and Jerusalem and the temple were
destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70.
149. God always preserves a remnant.
But the day will come when Messiah
will reign and no invader will be able
to threaten God's people let alone
attack them.
150. Zechariah 9:9-12 NKJV
The Coming King
9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
151. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the
earth.’
152. GodWill Save His People
11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your prisoners free from the
waterless pit.
153. 12 Return to the stronghold,
You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore double to you.
Zechariah 9:9-12 NKJV
154. Zechariah 9:9
The Coming King
9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
155. Presentation of the King (v. 9).
This prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus
Christ rode into Jerusalem on what we
traditionally call "Palm Sunday," and the
event is recorded in all four Gospels (Matt.
21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John
12:12-19).
157. When Zechariah put this prophecy
about Jesus right after his prophecy
concerning Alexander the Great, he
was obviously inviting his readers to
contrast the two conquerors.
159. Jesus was righteous in all that He did,
and His purpose in coming was to
bring salvation to those who would
trust Him.
How different from Alexander!
161. The people who welcomed Jesus were
common peasants who laid palm
branches and garments before Him
on the road.
• The great people of Jerusalem
didn't welcome Him, but little
children sang to Him in the temple.
163. Instead of making a grand oration, Jesus beheld
the city and wept over it; instead of slaying His
enemies, He went to a cross and died for them!
What a wonderful Conqueror!
Let's move now to the future and examine His
conquests.
164. Zechariah 9:10-10:12
Messiah's conquests at His second
advent
The entire age of the church fits between
Zechariah 9:9 and 9:10, just as it does
between Isaiah 9:6 and 7 and after the
comma in Isaiah 61:2.
165. Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV
6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His
shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
166. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His
kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and
justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV
167. Isaiah 61:2 NKJV
2a To proclaim the acceptable year of the
LORD (His first coming),
[then the entire church age – the time
of the Gentiles]
2b And the day of vengeance of our God
(His second coming);
168. The prophet is now writing about
what will happen when Jesus comes
back to earth to defeat His enemies
and to establish His kingdom.
169. At His first advent, He rode a humble
donkey; but at His second advent, He
will ride a white horse and lead the
armies of Heaven (Rev. 19:11-21).
170. Zechariah 9:10-13
Messiah will proclaim peace
At the beginning ofWorldWar I,
British author H.G.Wells published a
book calledTheWarThatWill End
War.
171. On November 11, 1918, at the end of the
Great War, Prime Minister David Lloyd
George said to the British Parliament, "At
eleven o'clock this morning came to an
end the cruelest and most terrible war
that has ever scourged mankind. I hope
we may say that thus, this fateful
morning, came to an end all wars."
172. ButWells' title proved wrong and
Lloyd George's wish was never
fulfilled, for war is still with us.
173. However, when Jesus Christ comes
again, He will "speak peace" (v. 10)
which means "proclaim peace," for
unlike authors and politicians, when
Jesus speaks, His words carry
authority and things happen
(Ps. 33:9).
174. Psalm 33:9 NKJV
9 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
175. HisWord will go forth with power and
there will be a total disarmament (talk
about gun control) around the world.
176. Chariots and war horses will be
demobilized, every weapon will be
destroyed, and "they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears
into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more" (Isa. 2:4; see Micah
4:3).
177. Our Lord's rule will be universal, from
sea to sea and from the Euphrates
River to the ends of the earth
(see Ps. 72:8).
178. Our Lord's rule will be universal
Psalm 72:8 NKJV
8 He shall have dominion also from sea
to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the
earth.
179. Zechariah 12:1-9 teaches that there
will be one last battle before Jesus
establishes His kingdom, as the
Gentile armies attack Jerusalem.
• But the Lord will use Judah as His
bow and Ephraim as His arrow and
defeat all His enemies (9:13).
180. He will call all His exiled people back
from the many nations to which
they've been scattered during this
age, and they'll return to their
"stronghold," which can mean both
God their Refuge and the stronghold
of Mount Zion.
183. The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 NKJV
16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 14:6 NKJV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
184. Romans 3:23 NKJV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a NKJV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death, died
in this life to pay the penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second
death explained in Revelation 21:8.
185. Revelation 21:8 NKJV
8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and
all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Romans 6:23b NKJV
23b but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
186. Romans 5:8 NKJV
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Revelation 21:7 NKJV
7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will
be his God and he shall be My son.”
•Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to accept Jesus
as our Savior.
187. Romans 10:9-10 NKJV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:13 NKJV
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be
saved.”
188. If you have questions or would like to know more,
Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-
979-1900 or http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/