Sermon – November 30, 2025

This sermon centers on the Blessed Hope that shapes the faith of God’s people across the ages. The people of the Old Testament lived with hope, eagerly awaiting the first coming of the Messiah. The New Testament writers build on this expectation by proclaiming an even greater hope—the glorious second coming of Jesus Christ. Jesus himself taught that he would return to establish God’s kingdom on this earth, and he also gave clear signs about the nature of his coming.

Jesus said it would be like the days of Noah. In Noah’s time, people were marrying and giving in marriage—not sinful in itself, but revealing a deeper problem: they lived as though this world was all there was. There was no thought of what lay beyond, no concern for God’s warning. Their philosophy of life was simply, “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” Noah faithfully preached and warned them about the coming flood, calling them to repentance, yet no one responded. Had they listened, they too could have been saved, just as Noah and his family were.

The flood came suddenly and unexpectedly. In the same way, Jesus’ return will be sudden, unpredicted, like a thief in the night—one decisive event, happening at the same time across the whole world. Just as Noah’s family emerged from the ark to begin a new life, those who belong to Christ will share in his kingdom and serve him at his return.

We are only visitors in this world, but we live in the blessed and greater hope of Jesus’ second coming. Maranatha—Come, Lord Jesus!