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ILLUS – A Bad Case of Spring Fever.

1. Accountability.
2. Whether we like it or not, all of us, without exception, will be held accountable for our choices.

Hebrews 9:27, it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment

3. And contrary to the way accountability is often applied today, when we stand before God, it will be impartial, thorough, just, and final.
4. You see, Jesus Christ is coming back and the question for us is, “Are we ready for His return?”
5. The good news is God wants us to be ready.
6. God gave us His inspired, inerrant, infallible Word, the Bible, which tells us step-by-step how to be ready for Christ’s return.
7. Tonight, we will learn how to be ready for Jesus’ return as we look to His words in Luke 12:35-59.
Luke 12:35-59



Context
1. The last time we were together we noted that Jesus had been teaching a large crowd about how to live out one’s faith while living in this fallen world.
2. Jesus’ teaching is very practical. For example, He tells us to guard our hearts against every form of greed “for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.” (15-21)
3. Jesus also talked about worry and why we don’t need to be anxious about what we will eat, drink, or wear because our heavenly Father will faithfully meet our needs. (22-32)
4. As Jesus continued to teach the crowd, He moved from the nuts and bolts of living by faith and avoiding the traps of greed and anxiety to being ready for His return at the end of the age.
5. A cursory glance at His words might leave one wondering what’s the connection.
6. But when we dig deeper into Jesus’ teaching, it becomes clear that the first two topics naturally, logically, and rightly flow into the third.
7. You see, the person who is living out their faith in Jesus Christ is the same person who is prepared for the Son of Man’s return. The two go hand-in-hand.
8. Now, towards the end of Luke 12, Jesus gives a sober warning about how important it is to discern the “signs of the times.”
9. God gave Israel “signs” so they could discern that He had indeed sent His Son to Israel.
10. In the same way, there will be “signs” so that our generation will be able to discern that the time of Christ’s return is near.
11. The “signs of the times” that Jesus refers to in Matthew’s Gospel are that there will be many false prophets and false messiahs who will mislead many.
12. There will be wars and rumors of wars.
13. There will be famines and earthquakes that will grow greater in intensity and frequency as the events of the last days draw nearer.
14. There will be a massive falling away, an apostasy, as unrighteousness and worldliness increases and the love of many grows cold. (Matthew 24:12)

Transition – As we study Jesus’ teaching about the end times we must never forget a central point, we are accountable for our choices.
• We must also remember that God loves us so He is warning us.
• According to Luke 12, the first principle that Jesus gave regarding His return is. . .

I. Be Dressed in Readiness

• Over and over Jesus presses us with the importance of being dressed in readiness.
• To emphasize the importance of His point, Jesus gave several illustrations to impress upon our souls the urgency of being dressed in readiness.
• Each one of these word pictures is filled with insights which we would be wise to apply to our lives.

A. Keep the fire of your soul lit
1. Throughout the Bible the picture of a lamp that is lit and burning oil represents the life of the Holy Spirit in God’s people. (35)
2. The Holy Spirit is the very life of God within us.
a. The Holy Spirit is the One who transforms us so that we may love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. (Luke 10:27)
b. By doing so, the Holy Spirit is preparing us for an eternity with God.
3. And it is important for us to see that there is an important connection between our eternal destination and the preparation of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
4. Our eternal destination and the Holy Spirit’s preparation go hand-in hand.

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