Solid Ground in Shaking Times 6: Living Today with Eternity in Mind - 1 John 2:28-3:10

When I was a boy we heard that the Prime Minister of Canada was coming to our little town to make a speech to become re-elected. My dad took me along. The stage was the back of a truck. Everybody stood around and waited for his appearing. All at once a black limousine pulls up, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau stepped out and walked up the little stairs on the back of the truck. I don't remember a thing he said, but I was within 10m of the Prime Minister of Canada. The Bible talks a lot that there will be another appearing, not of a prime minister or a king but of the Lord Jesus. There will be a day when just as he walked and healed on Earth, he will return in person and be seen visibly. His appearing should be precious and anticipated just like when I was a kid. The news says much about how everything will end. But the Bible says he is the one who ends things when he comes and not before. Our series is called Solid Footing in Shaking Times and I wanna talk about living today with that day in mind. Extra reading: Psalm 2:1-12 Preacher: Bill Dyck