Church at The Mill

More Than Ever: Where We Stand - Acts 5:14

Casual Christianity is dead. Christ is still King. He is coming back. Submit to Him. Leverage your life.

More love for the Savior, the saints, and salvations are ALWAYS the goals.

More campuses, better spaces, and the right amount of staff help us reach these goals.

The Sound of Judgment: The Grand Finalé - Revelation 11:15-19

The 7th Trumpet ushers in the Celebration of…

1. His Final Reign v.15-17

 - Trumpets also announce the coronation of kings

- The 7th Trumpet announces the reign of God as King 

2. His Final Reckoning v.18

3. His Final Reward v.18

-At least two groups…

a. Special servants – prophets, apostles

b. The saints – those who fear the Lord

4. His Final Revelation v.19

- The heavenly temple and the presence of the ark represent the nearest point to the presence of God

What is the posture of your life?

 

The Sound of Judgment: The Crown Jewel of All Cliff Notes (Part 1) - Revelation 11:1-14

Revelation 11:1-14

Three Questions…

1. What is NOW? v.1-6

A.  For God’s People: We are protected to prophesy

- Protection is shown in the measuring of the temple

-The temple often depicts the people of God

- The court outside represents those outside the family of God who oppose God’s people

42 months

1260 days

A time, times, and half a time

Three and a half years

-The two witnesses represent the people of God empowered to share the Gospel and warn of coming judgment

-- Hebrews used “week” to represent “sevens,” not just days

• A week of years = 7 years

• 70 weeks = 490 years

• 490 years divided into three time periods:

• Period One: 7 weeks = 49 years (Temple rebuilt) 

• Period Two:  7 weeks + 62 weeks = 483 years (Christ)

• Period Three: 1 week = 7 years (The Tribulation before His return)

B. For the World: They are permitted to persecute

2. What is NEXT? v.7-10

-For God’s People: We will go from Testifying to Dying

- It will appear that the church has been defeated

3. What is NEAR? v.11-14

- For God’s People: We will go from Temporary Death to Eternal Life

- For the World: They will go from Temporary Life to Eternal Death

Every knee will bow

 

The Sound of Judgment: The Grand Pause - Revelation 10:1-11

This Grand Pause has...

1. A Unique Messenger v.1-3

He represents the Lord with some powerful parallels:

• Mighty
• Wrapped in a cloud
• Rainbow over his head
• Face like the sun
• Legs like pillars of fire
• Right foot on sea, Left on land
• Voice like a lion
• Seven thunders

2. An Urgent Message v.4-7

3. An Unchanging Mission v.8-11

   -The scroll represents God’s plan to judge the world under the authority of Christ.

John is commanded to…

1. Consume it!

2. Communicate it!

---But I’m not a prophet?  I’m just a regular person.

Love The Lord

Love Your Family

Love God’s People

Love Your Neighbor

Love The Lost

Leverage Your Life for Good

Share the Gospel and ALL of its truth

Sound of Judgment: The Trumpet of Trampling - Rev. 9:12-21

Two Lessons:

1. A Release You Cannot Imagine v.12-19

       a. Notice what he heard…

-A voice commanding the release of four angels

-Bound across one river — the Euphrates

-Prepared for one specific time

-To kill ⅓ of humanity

-With a cavalry of 200 million

      b.  Notice what he saw…

-Fire – War

-Smoke – Darkness, confusion, suffocation

-Sulfur – Torment of the wicked

2. A Relationship You Cannot Ignore v.20-21

What is the point?

Your sin is not solo.

Satan loves it. Starve him.

Communion-with The Lord

Conviction-from The Spirit

Confession-to a godly friend

Community-with believers

 

 

The Sound of Judgment: The Trumpet of Torment - Revelation 9:1-11

What can we learn from...

1. The Divine Permission? v.1-3

-Lesson: In his complete sovereignty, God can and does ordain and control the use of demons and demonic activity to carry out His divine judgment upon the wicked.

2. The Divine Protection? v.4

-Lesson: God protects those He saves from demonic torment in the midst of judgment.

3. The Demonic Commission? v.5-6

- Lesson: Demonic activity never blesses or encourages, rather it torments to the point
of hopelessness.

4. The Demonic Description? v.7-11

- Lesson: We need not take demons or demonic activity lightly. With symbolic language, John explains just how serious these enemies are.

Demonic Activity:
Do NOT dismiss
Do NOT fear
Do NOT be unprepared
Do NOT forget lost people

Sound of Judgment - Revelation 8:6-13

Sounds signal a lot

3 Questions...

1. When do these Trumpets Sound?

-Answer: These trumpets occur in response to the cry of the saints for the judgment of God on the wicked

2. Why do these Trumpets Sound?

-Answer: These trumpets signal the beginning of the judgment of God on all of creation.

3. What do these Trumpets Send?

- Answer: The first four trumpets send an assault on the very creation that rebellious man often places his confidence in.

What do they send?

–First Trumpet: An assault on the land

–Second Trumpet: An assault on the sea

–Third Trumpet: An assault on rivers

–Fourth Trumpet: An assault on the sky

–Funeral Lament of the Eagle: Woe!

The sights, the sounds, and the smells of the table remind me that I need not fear the sound of judgment!

 

When You Pray: God Help Me, I Am Tempted - Dr. Cory Horton

1. FIGHTING TEMPTATION MEANS CONFESSING OUR WEAKNESS.
2. FIGHTING TEMPTATION MEANS CRYING OUT FOR HELP.

Fighting Temptation: 

1. Remember Who You Follow
2. Remember Who Follows you
3. Remember The Weapon of Prayer and the Word
4. Remember Christ

When You Pray: How To Be Forgiven - Jarrett Stephens - Psalm 32 and 51

Adrian Rogers – “The most miserable man  on Earth is not an unsaved man but a saved man out of  fellowship with God.”

The How of Confession...

1. Appeal

2. Admission

3. Alignment

“If we want to be clean, we have to come clean.”

• Be quick to confess sin

• Be specific in confessing sin

• Be sure of God’s forgiveness

 

When You Pray: Dr. Robert Smith - Matthew 6:9-13

^{Matthew 6:9-13}

⁹ Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.^[a]
10 Your kingdom come,
your will be done,^[b]
    on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread,^[c]
12 and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from evil.^[d]