MORE LIKE JESUS Attitude of Hope Luke 17:20-37

23rd July 1977 MORE LIKE JESUS? 41 years 11 months 23 days

But when it is …. (not despair but) HOPE!

Something to look forward to?? MORE LIKE JESUS Attitude of Hope? Luke 17:20-37 Something to look forward to??

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APOCALYPTIC Something to look forward to? - describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world

‘Asked by the Pharisees ….’ ‘Then He said to His disciples ….’

THE KINGDOM OF GOD is ... 1 Unpredictable (20,21) When is it? 2 Unlocatable (22-25) Where is it? 3 Incomprehensible (26-29) How is it? 4 Unbearable (30-37) Why is it? [Luke chapter 17]

NOW! Here and … So choose life now! 1 Unpredictable (20,21) When is it? NOW! Here and … So choose life now!

“We don’t want to miss it!!” 2 Unlocatable (22-25) Where is it? “We don’t want to miss it!!”

- will be like the lightning (24) The Son of Man in his day …. NO ONE WILL MISS HIM! - will be like the lightning (24)

Something to look forward to? 3 Incomprehensible (26-29) How is it? Something to look forward to? “Then the flood came ….”

APOCALYPTIC Something to look forward to? - the complete reconstruction of the world! - describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world?

“Noah in holy fear built an ark.”

4 Unbearable (30-37) Why is it? “Choose life!”

‘This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life ….’ Deuteronomy 31:19,20