The Importance of 2nd

Hebrew 11:1-3, 6 – Faith is…putting God where He deserves…First!

* …which means everything else takes 2^nd!

• Faith is believing God is – creation, conscience, word
• That He is at work – circumstances, cause / effect, family, finances, future

Ecc. 7:8

Famous 2nd’s (good/bad both)

• 2^nd hand            +/-
• 2^nd owner          –
• 2^nd opinion      +
• 2^nd place           –
• 2^nd thought     +/-
• 2^nd class            –
• 2^nd half              +

Generally –negative- what about the call at a fine food establishment = 2^nd…yeah!

The 2^nd man – I Corinthians 15:47 – Christ

• 2^nd in time to Adam…but greater in salvation / future potential

The 2^nd birth – John 3:3, 5-6 – Salvation

• 2^nd in time to physical birth – greater in power / importance

The 2^nd Death – Revelation 20:14, 21:8 – Doom

• 2^nd in time in physical death – worse in effects [alternative]

The 2^nd Heaven & 2^nd earth – Revaltion21:1, 2 – future

• 2^nd in time to current earth / heaven – greater in glory & experience

The 2^nd coming – John 14:3, Acts 1:11 – His promise

• 2^nd in time to His 1^st coming in Bethlehem – our “blessed hope”

A 2^nd chance – John 20:25, 27-28 – Thomas

• 2^nd in time – more wonderful in God’s patience w/us – Jonah 3:1-2