{"id":328,"date":"2022-10-15T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T19:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/4-elements-that-mark-the-last-days-luke-1726-27-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T19:43:04","slug":"4-elements-that-mark-the-last-days-luke-1726-27-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/4-elements-that-mark-the-last-days-luke-1726-27-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Elements That Mark The Last Days – Luke 17:26-27 – Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 17:26-27 4 ELEMENTS THAT MARK THE LAST DAYS<\/strong> Intro: Ill. The Context. This is a graphic description of the days of Noah. (Ill. The activities described are not sinful, they simply indicate a culture where no thought was given to God or the consequences of ones activity.) Jesus is teaching us the truth that the last days will resemble the days just prior to the flood which destroyed the world in Noahs day. He tells us this so that we might be able to discern the times and know that the end is near. Tonight, I would like to say that there are forces in operation today similar to those active in the days of Noah. There are 4 elements active now that were active then. These 4 elements remind us that we are in the last days and that we have a mission to accomplish before we leave this world. Lets look together at these four elements that mark the last days. I. AN ACCELERATION OF SINFULNESS<\/strong> A. Gen. 6:4 A lack of spiritual separation.<\/strong> (Ill. Context) Gods demand is total separation from liberalism, false religion and the like 2 Cor. 6:17. B. Gen. 6:5 A lack of moral standards.<\/strong> (Ill. The Context) Sounds like our world. Anything goes! However, Gods standard for us is one of total holiness and clean living before him 1 Pet. 1:16 (Ill. Amos 3:3) C. Luke 17:26-27 A Lack of Spiritual Discernment<\/strong> Men are blind to the truth of Scripture, the demands of a holy God and the approaching judgment of God. (Ill. Satan is responsible for a portion of this blindness 2 Cor. 4:4. Man is responsible as well Man always has a choice Joshua 24:15.) II.AN APPROACHING STORM<\/strong> A. Gen. 6:7 A flood was coming, and men werent ready for it. B. Ill. The rapture and the great tribulation are on the horizon and man is still unprepared to meet God Matt. 24:44. C. This world is headed toward judgment and it doesnt realize the magnitude and force of the storm it faces! (Ill. Hell, Ill. The terrible calamities of the tribulation period.) There is a storm coming and men must be warned. (Ill. Many wont heed 2 Tim. 4:3; but they need to be told anyway!) III.AN ACTIVE SAVIOR<\/strong> A. Gen. 6:5-6 God was busy in Noahs day. He was observing and cataloging the activity and condition if the world. Ill. Pro. 15:3; Heb. 4:13 He still sees everything that happens, in the world and in the mind and heart of man! B. God was disturbed by what He saw Gal. 6:7 He is still disturbed by sin! C. God was working in Noahs world, and we must always remember that regardless of how bad the world gets, God is always doing His work. He is always on the job! Psalm 121:3-4. IVAN ABLE SPOKESMAN<\/strong> A. Ill. Noah was Gods mouthpiece in that day! (Ill. 2 Pet. 2:5; 1 Pet. 3:20; Gen. 6:3) He preached the coming judgment for 120 years without a single convert. Yet, he preached on! (Ill. What grace, even while God was planning judgment, He was still reaching out to sinners. Ill. He could have destroyed the world instantly, but instead He gave them 120 years of grace! Thats God!) B. We are Gods spokesmen in this day! (Ill. Acts 1:8; Matt. 28:20; Mark 16:15; 1 Pet. 3:15) C. Our duty before the Lord is to be certain that we do our duty before the Lord. We are to GO and TELL. We are not guaranteed any results, we are just commanded to do it. (Ill. Noah in the Ark. He could rest with the assurance that he had done what God had commanded him to do. The heart of the Christian gains rest by fulfilling the command of God!) Conc: These are the last days! Look around, anyone can see that we are there. I am thankful that I ma saved, for I will never have to face tribulation, judgment, or hell. But, there is a lost world all around that needs to be told about salvation through Jesus Christ. I ask you tonight, in light of the fact that these are the last days, are you doing all that the Master has commanded you to do?    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luke 17:26-27 4 ELEMENTS THAT MARK THE LAST DAYS Intro: Ill. The Context. This is a graphic description of the days of Noah. (Ill. The activities described are not sinful, they simply indicate a culture where no thought was given to God or the consequences of ones activity.) Jesus is teaching us the truth that … Continue reading “4 Elements That Mark The Last Days – Luke 17:26-27 – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}