SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
All is peace forevermore on that happy golden shore, What a day, glorious day that will be.
CHORUS: What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see.
And I look upon His face, the One who saved me by His grace.
When He takes me by the hand and leads me through the Promised Land. What a day, glorious day that will be.
(Verse 2) There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear, No more sickness, no pain, no more parting over there, And forever I will be with the One who died for me, What a day, glorious day that will be.
CONCL: Because you can’t afford to miss it, I ask you…Are you ready for when JESUS OPENS THE DOOR? When Jesus comes in Death or the Rapture of His Church…will you go with Him to Heaven or end up in Hell. Will you go with Him or be left behind to face the Tribulation? Horrible Judgment is coming and Escape is Promised! To make certain you will go in the Rapture and avoid being left behind it’s vital you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your Savior. Romans 10:9 says "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved." When saved you must daily LIVE by His WORD! Phil. 2:12 says to “work out your salvation with fear & trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His purpose”. Phil. 3:13-14 adds “forgetting what lies behind (sinful addictions, old life) and reach forward to what lies ahead (holy life in Jesus)…pressing on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call in Christ Jesus.”
with the Lord.” The word “Rapture” (caught up) is Latin translation of “harpazo” to carry off by force!
• I Thess. 1:10 says “Jesus rescues us from the wrath to come” and I Thess. 5:9 says “God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation”.
• Titus 2:13 says “We are looking for the blessed hope”, not the horrors of the Tribulation, the Antichrist or wrath of God.
- O.T. shows God takes out His redeemed before judgment as in the case of Enoch (Gen. 5:24) & Noah removed before the flood, and Lot (Gen. 19:22) removed before Sodom was destroyed.
B. It Speaks Of A Destination – Not only is there going to be an ESCAPE, but praise God, there’s also going to be an ENTRANCE! I Thess. 4:17 says, “so shall we ever be with the Lord.” When we pass from this world thru that open door in the heaven, we are heading HOME to the place Jesus in John 14:1-3 promised to prepare for us. Imagine in that glorious destination that we will join our family, friends & saints of all the ages in the presence of the Lord in His city! Imagine seeing God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, faithful church folk, preachers, missionaries & martyrs of all ages—together in glory! Imagine that city described in Rev. 21:4, 8 & 27, “free from the curse of this world; free from death, pain & sin! Jim Hill got it right when he wrote these words What A Day That Will Be :
(Verse 1) There is coming a day when no heartaches will come, No more clouds
in the sky, no more tears to dim the eye,