Good morning on this 29th day of September. Fall is in the air with the cooler morning temperatures, shorter daylight hours and leaves beginning to change their colors. Often when people move to warm-weather climates they mention that they miss the changing of the seasons, particularly the spring and fall with all their beautiful magnificence. God has some interesting things to say about the seasons. After the flood in Genesis 8:22, He promises that the seasons will continue as long as the earth remains, While the earth remains, Seed time and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, Solomon reminds us that there is a season for every purpose and proceeds to list those times and purposes. He concludes in verse 11 by telling us that God will make everything beautiful in its time, He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. But today I would like to focus on the seasons as they relate to Biblical prophecy. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, after discussing our being caught up to meet the Lord in the air at the rapture (the coming of the Lord in the air for His own as compared with His later coming when He comes to earth with His own), Paul mentions that He did not need to teach them again about the prophetic times and seasons, but that in the light of the prophetic seasons, we should be watchful, sober, and full of faith, hope and love because Christ will come as a thief in the night and as children of light we should be ready, But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:1-2). So as the seasons change around us, we should be reminded of these great prophetic truths and live in the light of His coming. Remember, perhaps today will be the day!
Tomorrow's sermon is entitled, Avoiding An About Face About Faith.
I 'll look forward to seeing you in church tomorrow.
Mel Brown