Good News Or Bad News

Good news or bad news? a Biblical view of current affairsGood news or bad news? a Biblical view of current affairs

Laindon

20th December 2009

Mass communication...Mass communication...

Good news or bad news

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Climate negotiations fail to deliverClimate negotiations fail to deliver

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Protesters in Copenhagen

Rich v Poor Nations

Peace Prize v War TroopsPeace Prize v War Troops

30,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize


Palestinians v Israelis – Peace?Palestinians v Israelis – Peace?


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Cash v BonusesCash v BonusesPublic money bails out the banks

Bosses pay themselves big bonuses


Government by man is just not workingGovernment by man is just not working


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God’s promise concerning the world we live in...God’s promise concerning the world we live in...Genesis 8:21-22

21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.


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What does God have to say?What does God have to say?

Psalm 146:3-5

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:


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So what should we do?So what should we do?

Psalm 118:8-9

8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.


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What is God’s view of man’s government?What is God’s view of man’s government?• The wickedness of man

– Genesis 6:5-6

• This same situation in the last days – Matthew 24:37-39

• God’s solution a new government – Jeremiah 3:17

• This government will rule over the whole earth – Zechariah 14:16


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How can we be sure?How can we be sure?

• The sure word of prophecy – 2 Peter 1:19-21

• God has promised it – Isaiah 9:7

• Jesus has said he will return and the angels confirmed it – Acts 1:9-11

• The Apostles plainly taught it – Hebrews 9:28


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The end to the world’s problemsThe end to the world’s problems


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God’s whole purpose with this world revealed...

The stone cut out without hands...The stone cut out without hands...


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The end of this world revealed in Daniel 2:44-45

Daniel 2:44-45Daniel 2:44-4544 And in the days of these kings shall the God of

heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.


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The Good News of the GospelThe Good News of the Gospel


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