The Coming of the Kingdom

Luke 17:20-37

Sermon Notes

1) The Kingdom’s 1st Coming was NOT to be SEEN (or foreseen), 20-21

2) The Kingdom’s 2nd Coming will be SUDDEN, 22-33

3) The Kingdom’s 2nd Coming will cause SEPARATION, 32-37

Reflection questions:

1.       Why didn’t Jesus give the crowd another sign (in vv.20-21) to prove that the Kingdom had come? Compare Luke 7:18-23; what does Jesus tell the messengers of John the Baptist when they wonder if Jesus is the King they should expect?

2.       What did Noah’s neighbors and Lot’s neighbors do that was wrong (vv26-30)? Was eating and drinking wrong? Was is what they did that was wrong, or what they ignored? Compare Luke 12:18-21.

3.       There will be a separation when Jesus comes again to rule and reign, but what will be the line of separation? Good people and bad people? See 1 Tim. 1:15 (and Acts 8:1-3); John 3:16-18.