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The Missing Multitude
Contributed by Andy Patterson on Mar 16, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: I firmly believe Jesus is coming,and the Church is going!
The Missing Multitude!
Matthew 16:24 - 28/ Rev 7:9 - 17
There is coming a day in which the Lord is coming again, I firmly believe that this is no myth nor legend but the truth of the word of God,
* His Coming is IMINENT
* His Coming will be INCREDIBLE
* His Coming has many IMPLICATIONS
* At His Coming, will you be INCLUDED?
There will be a missing multitude!
I. They were a diverse Group (9)
Poor - Saved Middle class - Saved Rich - Saved
White - Saved Black - Saved All races - saved
Young - Saved Old - Saved!
* Anyone can be Saved!
Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13, Titus 2:11, 2 Peter 3:9
II. They were a perverse group (9,14)
Why do I say they were perverse? Because to make it to Heaven, they had to have their robes washed in the Blood! The Blood is the Only Cure for Sin!
Prov. 20:9, Is 53:6, Is 64:6, Romans 3:23, 1 John 1:8
III. They were a group who had faced the adverse (14)
Wallet -
• The trouble is that too many people are spending money they don’t have for things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.
Work
Waiting
Worry
Though the were wounded the wound up winning! PALMS - VICTORY!
IV. They were a group whose destiny had been reversed (15 - 17)
a. A Difference in Direction
He was running away from man, now he is running to man!
He was going down, now things are looking up!
b. A Difference in Dwellings
c. A Difference in His Description