1. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”

2. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”
WARNING: The Christmas season is marked by greater emotional stress, and more acts of violence, than at any other time of the year!

3. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”

4. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”
I – We Should be Alert and Watchful

5. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”
I – We Should be Alert and Watchful
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
Matthew 24:42

6. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” II – We Should Live Godly Lives

7. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” II – We Should Live Godly Lives
You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.
II Peter 3:11 – 12

8. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” II – We Should Live Godly Lives

9. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” III – We Should Encourage Each Other

10. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” III – We Should Encourage Each Other
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.
I Thessalonians 4:17 – 18

11. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” III – We Should Encourage Each Other
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching!
Hebrews 10:25

12. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” IV – We Should Persevere

13. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” IV – We Should Persevere
Fight the good fight of the faith…I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I Timothy 6:12, 14

14. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!” IV – We Should Persevere
3 Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Forever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.”…8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.  9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
II Peter 3:3 – 4, 8 – 12a
IV – We Should Persevere

15. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”

16. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”
Psalm 98 ~
1 O sing to the Lord a new song, For He has done wonderful things, His right hand and His holy arm
have gained the victory for Him. 2 The Lord has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness
in the sight of the nations. 3  He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness
to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4  Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises
“Ready or Not, Here I Come!”

17. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”
Psalm 98 ~
5  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.
7 Let the sea roar and all it contains, The world and those who dwell in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy 9 Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity.
“Ready or Not, Here I Come!”

18. “Ready or Not, Here I Come!”