Christ Is Coming Again:

Motivation For the Spiritual Life

Colossians 3:4

I. Our Worthy Savior: Chapters 1-2A. Introduction 1:1-12

B. Christ is Supreme 1:13-29

C. Complete in Christ 2:1-23

II. The Worthy Walk: Chapters 3:1-4:6A. The worthy personal walk with Christ 3:1-17

B. The worthy walk with Christ in the home 3:18-21

C. The worthy walk with Christ at work 3:22-4:1

D. The worthy spiritual walk with Christ 4:2-6

III. Closing: 4:7-18

Keep Seeking Christ, v 1

Set Your Mind on Christ, vv 2-3

Christ is Coming Again! v 4

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

Colossians 3:4 Revealed (φανεροω phaneroō)

John 21:1, 14, (NASB) manifested, He showed Himself to the disciples

φανεροω, 1 Pt 5:4; 1 Jn 2:28; 3:2; Rev 15:4

He is coming in judgment Rapture passages do not mention judgment

1 Thess 4:13-17; 1 Cor 15:50-53 Revelation 19:11-16, we will be with Him

Rapture is pre-Trib; Second coming is pre-Mil

Age of Innocence

Age of Conscience

Age of Israel

Church Age

Rapture of the Church

Eternity Future

Eternity Past

Flood

Call of Abraham

Creation

Fall of Man

Second Coming

Patriarchs

Law

Messianic Age

Dispensationalism – a system of theology that uses a consistent, literal, grammatical-historical interpretation of the Bible; therefore, this system sees Israel and the Church as distinct, understands different economies in God’s dealing with man, and understands the doxological purpose of the Scriptures and mankind.

Age – a period of time during which God is dealing with a specific group of people most directly.

Dispensation - A dispensation is a distinguishable economy in the outworking of God’s purpose

Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Dispensationalism, Rev. and expanded. (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1995), 33.

οἰκονομια – oikonomia: “house rules,” administration

Not necessarily connected to time

It is an “administration,” similar to the idea of the Obama administration, or the Bush administration

Can have more than one dispensation in an age.

Dispensation of Innocence

Dispensation of Conscience

Age of Israel

Church Age

Rapture of the Church

Eternity Future

Eternity Past

Flood

Call of Abraham

Creation

Fall of Man

Second Coming

Patriarchs

Law

Messianic Age

EternityPast

Creation

Fall of ManFlood

Call of Abraham

Age of Gentiles

Dispensation of Conscience

Dispensation of Government

Dispensation of Innocence

Age of Israel

Call of Abraham

Mount SinaiDispensation of the Patriarchs/Promise

Dispensation of the Law

First exile

First Temple destroyed 586 B.C.

Second Temple dedicated

Birth of Christ

Dispensation of Messiah

Age of the Church

Day of Pentecost

Dispensation of Grace

Temple destroyed A.D. 70

Jews exiled

Israel reborn1948

Rapture of the ChurchJohn 14:1-31 Thess 4:13-181 Cor 15:50-58

Time of Jacob’s Trouble:Age of Israel, cont. (70th

week)

SecondComingRev 19:11-21

Millennial Kingdom

1000 year reign of Christ

Second ComingRev 19:11-21

Last BattleRev 20:7-10

Eternity FutureRev 21-22

“We passages” 1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15-17; Phil 3:20

Coming of the Lord is near, and He has a reward. James 5:8; 1 Pt 5:4; 1 Jn 2:28; Rev 22:12

Should be waiting for the Christ, not the anti-Christ 1 Thess 1:10; 1 Cor 1:7; Phil 3:20; Titus 2:11-14

Signs of “the times” Israel return in unbelief

3rd Temple?

Ezekiel 38 war?

Saved for good works: Eph 2:10; Titus 2:13-14

“This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of

Me.”

“This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as

you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

1 Corinthians 11:24-25

There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel’s veins;

And sinners plunged beneath that flood, loose all their guilty stains;

Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains;

And sinners plunged beneath that flood, loose all their guilty stains.