No second chance! == Matthew 25: 1-13 -- Rev. John W. Armstrong

Sermon notes:

No second chance!  (Matthew 25:1-13)

I.     How you welcome Him does not determine your salvation, it ________________ it (vv.2-12; Luke 8:17). 

A.  The bridegroom represents Jesus (v.1; Mark 2:18-20; John 3:29; Ephesians 5:25-32). 

B.  The __________________________ represent all those who claim Christ as Lord (2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 14:4). 

1.  Not everyone called to the wedding feast will share in it (vv.10-12).

2.  The bridegroom’s __________________ will reveal the foolishness of some and the wisdom of others (v.5).

3.  Among the _________________ company of Christ’s disciples, not all will be found to be true followers when He returns (v.11; Matthew 7:21-23).

C.  His return is so sudden, you cannot get ready; you just need to ____________ ready (v.10).

II.    The ______________________ of Christ’s return is essential to Christian living. 

A.  Hypocrites _______________ it; believers ____________________it.

B.  In Scripture, Christ’s return is always a ______________________ to action, never a reason to cease action (v.4; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Thessalonians 5:6).

1.  His _________________ do what they say (v.13a; Mark 1:15-17, 22-27).

2.  Some things we are better off not knowing (v.13b; John 16:12).

C.  “As Christians, we profess, not only to believe and look for, but to live and long for, the _______________________ of Christ, and to act in our whole conversation with a regard to it” (Matthew Henry).