THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH Dr. W. A. Criswell 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 2-19-84 10:50 a.m. Every chapter of the First and the Second Thessalonian letters closes with a reference and a description of the second coming of Christ [1 Thessalonians 1:10, 2:19, 3:13, 4:14-17, 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, 2:1-14, 3:5]. And this chapter, the fourth of 1 Thessalonians, closes with a description of the rapture of the people of God, the church of our Lord, when He comes for His own [1 ThessalonianContinue Reading
THE GREAT SEPARATION Dr. W.A. Criswell Luke 17:36 3-4-84 10:50 a.m. I tell you that in that night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding together at a mill; one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be working in a field; one shall be taken, and the other left. [Luke 17:34-36] The great separation, the world without a Christian: when I turn to the Bible, the Word of God, one of the first things to be noticed aContinue Reading
THE RISE, REIGN, AND RUIN OF THE ANTICHRIST Dr. W. A. Criswell 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 3-18-84 10:50 a.m. Second Thessalonians, chapter 2, beginning in the middle of verse 3 [2 Thessalonians 2:3]: There shall come a falling away, and that man of sin will be revealed, the son of perdition; He is the one who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, proposing to be God, sitteth in the temple as God, showing himself that he is God. verseContinue Reading
THE BLESSED HOPE Dr. W. A. Criswell Titus 2:11-14 4-15-84 10:50 a.m. Titus, chapter 2, beginning at verse 11: For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. [Titus 2:11-14] And the heart of the text: “Looking for that blessed hope, and the gContinue Reading
THE MIRACLE OF GOD’S INCARNATION Dr. W. A. Criswell Luke 1:26-30 4-26-81 10:50 a.m. Now in keeping with the theme, the doctrinal subject, the entrance of our Lord into human life, the title of the message today is The Miracle of the Incarnation of God, God manifest, revealing Himself in human flesh. In the first chapter of the Book of Luke, we are told that the angel Gabriel was sent to a virgin girl in Nazareth by the name of Mary [Luke 1:26-30]. And in the thirty-first verse, he annContinue Reading
THE SIGNS OF GOD Dr. W. A. Criswell Matthew 24:3-30 4-29-84 10:50 a.m. It’s a joy for us in the First Baptist Church of Dallas to welcome the great multitudes of you who are sharing this hour on radio and on television. This is the pastor bringing the message. In the section on the great doctrines of the Bible called The Second Coming of Our Lord, the message today: The Signs of God. In the twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the apocalyptic discourse of our Lord, verse 3 rContinue Reading
THE TERRIBLE TRIBULATION Dr. W. A. Criswell Matthew 24:21-31 3-11-84 10:50 a.m. This is the First Baptist Church in Dallas, and I am the pastor bringing the message entitled The Great, The Terrible Tribulation. Turn in your Bible to Matthew 24, and we shall begin at verse 21. Matthew 24, verse 21. The first gospel, the twenty-fourth chapter, is the Lord’s apocalyptic address to His disciples. Matthew 24, beginning at verse 21: “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not sinceContinue Reading
WHAT DO THE PROPHETS SAY? Dr. W. A. Criswell Revelation 10:7 4-1-84 10:50 a.m. In our great doctrinal series covering a period of about three years, we are in the section on the return of our Lord. This message is entitled What Do the Prophets Say? What do they predict about the end of the world and the return of our Savior? A background text is in Revelation 10:7: “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, asContinue Reading