Talk

Come, Lord Jesus!

Louie Giglio

October 27, 2024

Continuing in the All Consuming Fire collection, Louie Giglio presses into the truth that Jesus is coming soon, and we must worship Him above all else. Though we will be tempted to worship other things or people, we must avert our eyes back to Him and choose light over darkness.

Key Takeaway

If we believe God's Word to be trustworthy, we must believe it when it tells us that Jesus is returning soon, and we should worship Him accordingly.

When we read Revelation 22:6, we are reminded of the simple fact that His words are trustworthy.

He is coming soon. Look, and be awake to what He is doing. Trust His words.

He is coming, and our response should be to worship Him.

You will be tempted to worship everything or everyone else other than God, but Revelation encourages you to return to the true source and reason for your worship.

Not only is He coming, but He is coming SOON, and we need to utterly adore Him. The time is near, and there is still time to turn from our wicked ways and choose to follow Him (Revelation 22:10).

When Jesus began his public ministry, his first words were, as recorded in Mark 1:15, "The time has come," he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

Again, we see the same urgency in 1 John 2:18-23 when John refers to the end times as "the last hour."

It is time to choose darkness or light.

He is the Alpha and Omega (Revelation 1:8), meaning that the beginning and the ending are all about Jesus. Scripture is composed of 66 books, with one story and one name.

If we reference Isaiah 41:12 and Revelation 22:16, we see God referred to as a morning star, meaning dawn is on the way. When we say, "Come, Lord Jesus," that also means "come dawn of God." Sunrise is coming soon, and there is an invitation on the table.

There is still time to come and freely drink the water of life.

When we make the decision to follow Christ, we must continually seek Him and ward off the temptation to drift from Him. The church declares Maranatha (come Lord Jesus) in 1 Corinthians 16:19-24, yet forty years later, in Revelation 2:1-7, we read about the Church forsaking their first love.

In one generation, the Church became the receiver vs. the sender. They now needed to be reminded of Christ.

What do you have to do to drift? Nothing.

“I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find ‘till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others do the same.”

— C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)

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"In the darkest night is the bright morning star. That star doesn't shine in the morning; it shines to tell you that the morning is near."

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Louie Giglio

Discussion Questions

Do you trust the Word of God? Why or why not?
What does Louie Giglio say we should do when we know Jesus is coming soon? Is that your current response?
What are you tempted to worship above God right now? How can you tangibly shift your affection back to God?
The time is near, but there is still time. Have you made the decision to put your faith in Jesus? If not, why? If yes, how has your life changed since making that decision?
Have you given up on praying for someone to come to know Christ? How does this Scripture challenge you personally to not give up hope?
Are you drifting from God? If yes, how has that affected you? How can you choose to actively seek and pursue God right now?
How does knowing that God is coming soon impact your life?

Scripture References

6The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”

8I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me.

9But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!”

10Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.

11Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”

“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you

this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.

19And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

20He who testifies to these things says,

“Yes, I am coming soon.”

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

“The time has come,”

he said.

“The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

21I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

22Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.

23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

12Though you search for your enemies,

you will not find them.

Those who wage war against you

will be as nothing at all.

19The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings.

Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.

20All the brothers and sisters here send you greetings.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

21I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.

22If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!

23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

24My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

“To the angel

of the church in Ephesus write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.