3.Like The Days Of Noah And Lot - Zac Poonen
The Last Days and The Lord's Coming
Summary
The sermon warns that the last days will be characterized by deception and a pervasive love of self, making it difficult for true Christians to remain steadfast. The speaker emphasizes that true discipleship requires taking up the cross and dying to self, contrasting this with the modern tendency to get offended or prioritize personal reputation over Christ's name. He urges listeners to resist the 'infection' of loving self, money, or pleasure, and instead, to measure their faith against the high standards of God's Word and Jesus' example.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Why will the last days be difficult?The scripture warns that difficult times will come in the last days, driven primarily by subtle deception rather than open persecution.2 Timothy 3:1
Four types of lovers in the last daysBelievers in churches will be characterized by loving self, money, and pleasure instead of being lovers of God.
A form of godliness without powerMany people with worldly habits will still hold to a religious form of godliness while denying true spiritual power.
The coming of the Son of Man like the days of NoahJesus explains that the end times will mirror the spiritual state of the world during the days of Noah.Matthew 24:37–38
Who are the sons of God in Genesis?Angels, as direct creations of God, are referred to as sons of God, just as born-again believers are.Job 1:6
God's spirit will not strive with man foreverGod warns that His Spirit will not always plead with stubborn people who persist in their own will.Genesis 6:3
The origin of Satan and human willSatan fell because he repeatedly declared his own will against God, whereas Jesus came only to do the Father's will.Isaiah 14:13
Noah's reverence and salvation of his houseBy faith and deep reverence, Noah built an ark to save his household and preached righteousness to a condemned world.Hebrews 11:7
Living for earthly routines and crowding out GodPeople in Noah and Lot's days were consumed by eating, drinking, buying, and selling, completely crowding God out of their lives.
Perversion and violence in SodomSodom was characterized by severe perversion and homosexuality, foreshadowing the moral collapse of the last days.
Lot's worldly compromise and tragic lossLot compromised for worldly wealth and lost his influence, his sons-in-law, and eventually his wife and daughters to terrible sin.
