NO MORE
REV. 21.1-8
The phrase “No More” is seen 222 times in the Word of God. God uses it in Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy
all flesh.
We often use that phrase every day.
God again uses that little phrase to describe the future for the Christian.
I.
NO MORE SIN [DEATH]. 21.4
A. Death
is a result of sin.
B. If there were no sin in the Garden of Eden, there would be no death.
1.
Romans 6:23 For
the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2.
Romans 5.12, 17-21
3.
Genesis 2.17
C. Death
is first met head on in Genesis chapter 3 and continues for the next several chapters.
1.
Gen. 3.3,4
2.
Gen. 3.21 – The animal is slain for their sin.
3.
Gen. 4.8 – Abel is murdered by his brother Cain.
4.
Gen. 4.23 – Lamech kills
5.
Gen. 5 – “and he died” – 7 times
6.
Gen. 6.17
7.
Gen. 7.22
8.
Gen. 8.20
9.
Gen. 9.5
II.
NO MORE SORROW.
A. Sorrow
is a part of the curse.
1.
Gen. 3.16,17
2.
Sorrows are visitors that come without invitation.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
B. Even Jesus was sorrowful.
1.
Isaiah 53:3 He
is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
C. The
cure for sorrow
1.
Proverbs 15:13 A
merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
2.
2 Cor. 1.3-
3.
John 14.1-6
D. There
is a day coming in which there is no more sorrow.
1.
Isaiah 35:10 And
the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain
joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
III.
NO MORE SOBBING.
A. Crying
comes as a result of many things, sadness, sorrow, pain, and death, even happiness.
1.
David wept
over the death of his rebellious son, Absalom? 2 Samuel 18:33 And the king
was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son,
my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2.
Abraham wept over Sarah’s death. Genesis
23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan:
and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3.
Nehemiah wept when he heard the walls of
Jerusalem were still in ruins (Nehemiah 1:4)
4.
Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar wept when they
saw the misery of Job (Job 2:12)
5.
Peter
wept bitterly after denying Jesus. Matt. 26.75
6.
“Jesus Wept” Matt. 11.35
7.
Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
IV.
NO MORE SICKNESS
There are some that suffer greatly with infirmities, sickness, pain, death as a result of sickness.
Probably one of the most difficult questions
believers are asked to answer is the "why" of the suffering; why do the believers suffer so much while ungodly sinners seem
to escape unscathed in this life? Like Job, we sometimes cry out "My soul is poured upon me; the days of affliction have taken
hold upon me. My bones are pierced in me in the night season; and my sinews take no rest" (Job 30:16,17).
A. How
many have had loved ones die?
B. 1 Cor. 15.51-
V.
NO MORE SATAN. REV. 20.10
A. SATAN'S CHARACTER.
1.
He is a liar (Jn. 8:44).
2.
He is a murderer (Jn. 8:44).
3.
He is proud (1 Ti. 3:6).
4.
He is a deceiver and accuser (Re. 12:9,10).
5.
He is a thief (Mt. 13:19).
6.
He loves to destroy (1 Pe. 5:8).
NO MORE SIN
NO MORE SORROW
NO MORE SOBBING
NO MORE SICKNESS
NO MORE SATAN
FINISH WITH THE HYMN “WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE” #63.
