Scripture Focus: Revelation 21:1-6
This sermon will focus on some of the same concepts as last week. I will be telling the story of the battle with Satan and his emissaries. The story is of the continual defeat of Satan and evil and the ultimate victory of Christ. As the battle wages there is sadness, pain, and suffering, but there is a future for believers that promises something new. The hope that God gives us is unparalleled—“Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more...? Rest in the knowledge that we aren’t alone in our pain as well as in clinging to the promise that eventually God will take away our sadness and end the reason for our tears. Praise God that that promise is more than enough to carry us through from this world until the next...when we experience eternal life in the new heaven and earth.
To Know: Jesus Christ battles the powers of evil and promises to bring all of those powers to a complete end. To Feel: Hope in Christ's promises that give us what we need to endure this life.. To Do: Seek greater faithfulness. Develop a confident faith to meet the challenges of this life.