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Look! A Great White Horse!
by Geoffrey Brown
Text:Revelation 19:1-16
Topic: What Christ's future victory means for us now
Big Idea: Christ's future victory gives us hope, strengthens our faith in him, and reinforces our endurance.
Keywords: Appointed Time; Boldness; Christ, anointed one; Christ, authority of; Christ, return of; Church, mission of; Day of the Lord; End Times; Endurance; Faith; Help from God; Hope; Judgment, final; Spiritual Warfare; Strength; Warfare, spiritual
Introduction:
- The Book of Revelation guarantees the eventual victory of Christ over the world, sin, and the devil.
- -Revelation 19:1-16
- -Illustration: One of the largest stained-glass
- windows in the world, found in a famous cathedral in
- Milan, depicts the triumph of Jesus Christ as Lord.
- Big Idea: This vision of Christ's future victory is necessary for our hope, faith, and endurance.
Christ's future victory gives us hope.
- Christ's guaranteed victory gives us hope in a world where evil always seems to return stronger and stronger.
- -Illustration: John's revelation includes a
- wicked beast that is healed from its deathblow and
- worshiped by all the Earth.
- Christ's guaranteed victory gives us hope in the midst of our suffering.
Christ's future victory strengthens our faith in him.
- Jesus' victory will come for him, by him, and through him alone.
- -Illustration: The amount of war in the 19th
- century dispelled the notion that humans can bring
- about peace through their own development.
- The guaranteed destruction of the world strengthens our faith to stand up for Christ within it.
- -Illustration: Captured and tortured by the army
- of Julian the Apostate, a young man demonstrates faith
- in the ultimate victory of Jesus.
Christ's future victory reinforces our endurance.
- As a soldier of God, we can carry on our fight against sin, the world, and the devil because we know that Christ is coming to finish it.
- -Illustration: During the Civil War, General
- Sherman signals for his beleaguered troops to "Hold the
- fort, for I am coming!"
Conclusion:
- When life seems out of control, remember Christ's future victory and take heart.
- -Illustration: A verse from the old hymn, "Ride
- on, King Jesus."
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