Sermon Snippets with Max Taylor

143. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 37: The 200,000,000 Horsemen

Revelation 9:12-21
 
In the midst of these intense judgments, we see the mercy of God extended and the hardness of mens hearts confirmed. The sixth trumpet judgment results in another fraction of the earth’s population dead, and yet mankind at large still refuses to turn to God. How sad.

142. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 36: Hell Unleashed

Revelation 9:1-12
 
This title is not swearing or vain threats as we hear this expression frequently used today. In Revelation 9, the place of eternal torment called hell literally breaks out upon the earth. We cannot imagine a time when darkness prevails more than the description in this prophecy. It will be a dark time to be alive unless you have God.

141. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 36: In the Meantime

Revelation 8:13 with Acts 14 and Psalm 37
 
We left off right in the midst of the end of the world. This is a time of calamity and catastrophe like the world has never seen, but how should we live in light of this coming reality? What attitudes characterize the lost, and how should the saved view these events? For that we turn to Acts 14 and Psalm 37 to gain perspective on how we should live in the meantime.

140. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 35: Apocalypse

Revelation 8:7-13
 
What does the word apocalypse mean? It comes from the greek word Ἀποκάλυψις which means to uncover. This word carries two ideas (1) revealing Christ, His second coming, making manifest the Sons of God and (2) the final judgment and the destruction of the world. Today we are looking at the point in time when the world falls apart. It is the end of the world in which Christ will be revealed and the world will be judged. We should give God glory in the earth because He is “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).

139. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 34: Our Prayers and God’s Timing Part 2

Revelation 8:1-6
 
Picking up where we left off in this remarkable scene, we see the effectiveness of the prayers of all the saints in God’s dealings in the world. And second, we see God’s timing, in His mercy, to redeem the world and His people. With each passing second of silence, heaven waits, the angels adjust their trumpets and prepare to give their ear-piercing blast, earth groans under the cruelty and ugliness of rampant rebellion, and we can rest in believing that God’s timing is best. Hang in there, keep waiting just a little while longer!

138. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 33: Our Prayers and God’s Timing Part 1

Revelation 8:1-5
 
There are two remarkable aspects of this passage in Revelation 8 that have the potential to impact our lives in a marvelous way. First, we see the collected prayers of the saints  down through the ages that result in the decisive action of the Lord in the world. And second, we see the timing of God in pouring His concentrated wrath upon the world. Both aspects are incredibly helpful for us to meditate upon.

137. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 32: The Unseen Impact

Revelation 7:9-17
 
In life, we rarely see the spiritual impact of our daily obedience to God, but in Revelation 7 we are given a glimpse into the results of these 144,000 Jewish evangelists. This reminds us of the invisible impact of our service to God, it shows us that the most important thing is living for Him, and it encourages us that even when we can’t see the effects of our obedience, eternity will tell the full story. And we also have the same comforts offered to these people awaiting us when we get to heaven.

136. Beholding Christ | Studies in Revelation Part 31: There is a Remnant

Revelation 7:1-8
 
We switch our focus from the judgments that come upon the earth to God’s protection of a group of 144,000 Jewish evangelists during the time of the tribulation in chapter seven. Here we see God preserving His people from the destruction that would befall the rest of the world in order for them to fulfill a specific role God has for them. This chapter encourages us to keep serving God in the midst of the darkness, and to keep doing the job God has called us to do.