Reference

Mark 13
Watch! His Coming is Certain

In this follow-up to the Matthew 25 series, Pastor Aaron Turner turns to Mark 13 and Jesus’ closing command: “Watch.” His physical return is certain—promised more often than His first coming and confirmed in Acts 1. Watching keeps us ready, drives away distress with the hope of reunion and rest (John 14), and breaks worldliness as we live like “the Boss might come today.” Signs of the times—deception, falling away, global unrest—point to the hour being late. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4, this message calls the church to stay alert, let the Spirit prepare us, and intercede for those not yet ready. Don’t live for a stop that was never your destination.