Prepare to Meet Your God
Introduction: As a child living in Lexington, KY as we traveled the
highways outside of Lexington in the 1950s, I would see signs that
would read “Prepare to Meet Thy God”.
Text: Amos 4:12
Body:
I. Context – God was going to bring judgment upon
unfaithful Israel.
II. Just as Israel had to meet God in judgment, each one
of us will have to meet God in judgment.
A. Hebrews 9:27; 1 Corinthians 5:10
B. Two Sentences (Matthew 25:47).
1. Every lasting punishment. (darkness, worm does
not die, fire not quenched, with the most wicked
people who ever lived.)
2. Eternal (ever lasting) life.
a. 1 Peter 1:4
b. Revelation 21:4 (No pain, death, sorrow,
crying)
c. The great beauty
d. Be with God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, angels, and
all of God’s faithful servants…
III. How does one prepare to meet God?
A. Mark 16:16
B. Acts 2:36-38
C. Acts 22:16
D. Romans 10:9-10
E. 1 Peter 3:20-21
F. Galatians 3:26-27
IV. Are you ready to meet God?
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