It's About Time to Go Home: Part 4 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

About this sermon

In PART FOUR of this series, we pick up where we left off. We are to be looking unto Jesus. The word "looking" indicates we are to be doing it right now in the present and we are to keep on doing it. We are to look to Him. The word "look" is an interesting word. It is from the word aphorao {af-or-ah'-o}. The meaning of this word is illustrated by a hiker in the wilderness who needs to walk across a lot of ground. To keep from getting lost or wasting time, he finds a landmark such as a big tree or mountain, and he heads toward that mark. He keeps it in sight to keep himself from getting lost. The same principle holds for someone crossing a stream on a fallen log or climbing a tall ladder. You keep your eyes straight. These illustrations define the word aphorao {af-or-ah'-o} which means "to turn the eyes away from other things and fix them on something." It describes someone who is not distracted but is focused on a certain thing or person. That should describe us when it comes to the Lord. We are also urged to finish what God has begun in our lives. What are we to finish? What are some of the elements of "finishing?" In this message, we address three important ones. This message was preached on Sunday night June 8, 2025, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church