WORSHIP SONGS
-All Hail The Power
-He Is Exalted
-Great Is Thy Faithfulness
-Shout To The Lord
SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 116:1-6
SERMON TEXT Revelation 20:1-6
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
SERMON OUTLINE
Introduction
1. The Restraining of Satan (Rev 20:1-3)
For what purpose was Satan’s activity restricted?
What does this mean? “not to deceive the nations”?
When did this binding take place?
Matt 4:1-12, 12:25-29; Luke 10:17-20; John 12:30-32; Col 2:15; Heb 2:14-15; 1 Jn 3:8; Matt 28:18
2. The Reign of the Saints (Rev 20:4-6)
-Where the thrones are. Daniel 7:18, 27; Rev 3:21, 4:4, 11:16
-Where the disembodied souls are. 2 Cor 5:1-10; Eph 2:6;
Roms 8:23; Rev 6:9-11
-Where Christ lives. Daniel 7:9-10; Eph 1:20-23; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 42-56
What is the nature or character of this reign?
Judging, living and sharing in Christ’s glory. The first resurrection.
(Regeneration, by death, in glory with Christ.)
-What is the hope and promise of this reign? Rev 2:11, 20:14, 21:8; 1:6; 1 Peter 2:9; Rev 20:6
