What Kind Of People We Ought To Be (Point#4)

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on 05 August

4. If We Believe That Jesus Is Coming Again Soon We Shall Be Steadfast In The Midst Of Worsening Conditions In The world.

Verse 17 tells us this. Of course we must expect conditions in the world to get worse; but a world that has rejected God and His Son, and that has spurned the divine remedy for sin and every malady of man can never get better apart from divine intervention.

It is in this desperately sin stricken world that you and I who love the Lord are to find encouragement ,hope, and inspiration in the calm assurance that our Sovereign Lord, who is on the throne, will shortly step down and put all things wrong right. To know God and to know the mystery of His intention for the coming days, this is the secret of assurance and peace (Isaiah 26:3)

 5. If We Believe That Jesus Is Coming Again Soon We Shall Desire Above All Else To Grow In Grace And In The Knowledge Of Him.

Verse 18 tells us this. Do you know Him as your Savior, friend and Lord? If not, (Job 22:21)! If you do know Him, how much do you know Him? Look up John 14:9. Do you share Paul's ambition? Look up Philippians 3:10. The way to grow in grace and to know Him better is to be much alone with Him in prayer (Mt.6:6), and to meditate upon His Word (Psm.119:97).

Let us pray that the daily anticipation of our Lord's sure return will inspire us to live lives that are well pleasing to Him, to live in the light of eternity, to reach out for the salvation of others, to be quite and confident in the midst of international confusion and chaos, and above all, to know Him whom to know is life eternal.

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