PREACHED ON FEBRUARY 21TH 2021:
PASTOR ANTONIO RUSSO

“Prepared for the return of Jesus”

Matthew 24:1-4
"Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?".

We must be ready for the coming of Christ. We do not have to be wired to heartly things. There will be people coming to seduce and divert the church from the truth. Only if we watch and pray, we can have the right discernment.

We have to pay attention to what the Holy Spirit wants to release in our life. We entered in a NEW ERA.
“Era” means “caraterized by a historic period of universal relevance”. Is a new ERA and not simply a new year.

In the scripture we see 3 fundamental aspects:

1. Prophetic aspect.
It speaks about the future, about where we are, where we was and where we are going.

2. The revelation.
The Holy Spitiy is saying to each of us: “be ready for the most extraordinary event in human history” (the second coming of Jesus Christ).

3. The foundation.
The base that has to do with the doctrine of the Word of God.

Many people are not ready for Christ return, but He will be back for a bride in love with Him.

Ephesians 5:27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish..

It will happen as God said. The church that Jesus will caught up wil be a glorious Church, without blemish and with no compromise, without sins. The Church that will be caught up will be holy and without blemish.
God is puryfing the Church. In the body of Christ is in act a renewal, restoration, healing and purification.

There are two agendas in this period. A satanic plan and a divine plan. We must know what the plan of the devil is, so that we can be prepared.

The satanic program that is going on today is using covid-19 to bring people into terror and fear.

First satanic program:
Silence the church.
But in this time the church, more than ever, has to shout.

Second satanic program:
To submit governments to a single world order, to have a single thought.
The church of Christ must open its eyes, and pray for our authorities.

Mark 13:33
Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come

Third program: THE NEW WORLD ORDER
The things that are happening today are leading to an economic collapse. But why? Because there is a satanic goal, which is preparing the ground for the antichrist. How do you respond to all this? The Bible says you don't have to conform, but you have to keep preaching the Word..

The prophetic word informs and prepares.

Hebrew 11

God's program is glorious and supernatural.
For the Jew the Christ is not yet come.
For the christians Chirst has already come and will come back for His Church.
He came as a lamb and will be back as a lion.
Ephesians 1:10
per raccogliere nella dispensazione del compimento dei tempi sotto un sol capo, in Cristo, tutte le cose, tanto quelle che sono nei cieli come quelle che sono sulla terra.

Non puoi credere nel ritorno di Gesù se vivi nel peccato. Oggi molti non credono nel ritorno di Gesù, ma questa è un’eresia. Un’eresia è una perversione della verità.

2 Peter 3:3-4
Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. ⁴ They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.

We must beware of the theology of hypergrace, which holds that "once saved, always saved".
But this is not the truth, because the Word teaches that only those who endure to the end will be saved.

Apocalypse 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.

Is important to start, but is extraordinary to finish.

Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient..

What does the message of Jesus' return produce in the life of a child of God?

1. It brings expectations.

Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

When you have expectations, you live with the certainty that Jesus is returning
It will keep you focus on fulfill God's purpose that he has prepared for everyone's life.

2. It leads to keeping the heart pure. .
He who knows that Jesus is returning protects his heart from sin.

3. It awakes the first love.
We fall in love with Jesus again.

1 John 3:3
All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

The first goal of Jesus coming wat to reveale us the Father and to bring us to Him.

Proverbs 8:13
To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech..