I remember a good man named Fred who came and spoke to me just a few months after I started in my first church. He said, “The previous pastor didn’t preach enough on the end times!”  I am sure Fred was disappointed in me as well, as I didn’t spend large amounts of pulpit time speaking on Christ’s return either.

The fact is that the return of Christ is an important doctrine. It’s something every Christian needs to understand. However, the kind of information that most people want to hear about the end is not what the Bible gives. And the amount of data many people want is not representative of the content of the Bible.

When Jesus speaks of the end, he speaks about how we should behave, not just as The Day approaches, but every day. As always, Jesus’ emphasis is on loving God by obeying him and sharing the good news with our neighbor, whom we are to love as well.

This sermon addresses the first verses of Matthew 24 where Jesus begins to speak of his return. As he does this, Jesus gives at least four action verbs that help us know what to do as we await his return.

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