WATCH
By David J. Riggs
Note: I preached this sermon by charts. In other words, the charts
were my outline.
Chart #1
"Watch" - Be looking for these:
The opportunity to help those in need
Matt. 25:44-45; Luke 10:29-37; Amos 6:6
The opportunity to teach the lost
Prov. 11:30; 2 Tim. 2:2; Luke 5:9-10
The opportunity to restore the fallen
James 5:19-20; Gal. 6:1-2; 2 Thess. 3:6-15
All opportunities to worship and praise God
John 4:23-24; Jude 20-21
All of my duties as a Christian
James 4:17; John 13:17
Chart #2
Watch For False Teachers
2 Tim. 4:5; Acts 20:31; Titus 1:9-11; Matt. 7:15; Col. 2:18
"One faith is as good as another"
"It is not the creed that saves, but Christ"
"We are all serving the same Lord"
"We are all headed to the same place"
"Doctrine doesn't matter; just be sincere"
"Instrumental music"
"Premillennialism"
"Church supported institutions"
"Perversions of church organization"
"Church supported recreation"
"Continual cleansing"
"Marriage, divorce, and remarriage"
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Chart #3
Be Watchful of Worldliness
1 John 2:15-17
Immorality (the lust of the flesh)
Prov. 6:20-29; 7:21-27; Eccl. 7:26; 1 Cor. 6:18
Materialism (the lust of the eyes)
Matt. 6:19-20; Ezek. 33:31; Luke 12:13-31
Hag. 1:6; Zeph. 1:18
Notoriety, peer pressure (the pride of life)
John 5:44; Matt. 23:5; 2 Cor. 10.12
Chart #4
Eagerly Watch for Christ's Coming
As Christ often taught
Matt. 24:36-51; Matt. 25:13; Rev. 3:3
The early Christians had anxious expectation
1 Cor. 16:13,22; Rev. 22:20
We should eagerly anticipate it
2 Pet. 3:12; Titus 2:13; 1 Thess. 5:6
We should watch in prayer
Matt. 26:41; Mark 13:33; Luke 21:36; Col. 4:2; 1 Pet. 4:7
The severe consequences for being unprepared
Matt. 24:39; 2 Pet. 3:3-7; 2 Thess. 1:7-9
Are you prepared?
Rev. 16:15