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I used to teach kids at church on Wednesday nights. I love their conversations and their thoughts and their joy. One night they were asking about Jesus and heaven. They got so excited when they figured out that their Christian friends will be in heaven too. They practically jumped out of their seats when they made the connection that they will actually see Jesus and hang out with Him. They started making plans, clapping their hands ... Ironically, the verse being taught that night was of Mark 10:13-16, "suffer the little children to come unto Me, do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Boy, does it ever. Let US be excited, innocent, planning, expectant, too. Are we? We should be!
I love that photo of the cross lifted up and the verses referring the Jesus who is lifted up. It's a comfort to know He is in the Holy Place. It's also a comfort to know He is returning to catch up His Bride into heaven. He will lift us to His abode and we will never be troubled by sin again. Best of all, we will be with Jesus.
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:11-14)
It's not an esoteric, or abstract, or irrelevant question. The sermon linked above will help us learn from the Bible how to live in anticipation of His coming. The children I mentioned in the beginning knew how to live in anticipation of a living and present Jesus in their lives. Let us do the same. Let us be as children, who have no power, are meek, teachable, excited, trusting, and above all, loving Christ simply and beautifully.
I love that photo of the cross lifted up and the verses referring the Jesus who is lifted up. It's a comfort to know He is in the Holy Place. It's also a comfort to know He is returning to catch up His Bride into heaven. He will lift us to His abode and we will never be troubled by sin again. Best of all, we will be with Jesus.
John MacArthur said: You don't know how long you're going to live or when Christ will return. That demands a different approach to life.Living in Anticipation of Christ's Return Part 1Since He is coming again, what kind of people should we be? Peter asked the question in the second epistle, chapter 3, where he is explaining the last things.
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:11-14)
It's not an esoteric, or abstract, or irrelevant question. The sermon linked above will help us learn from the Bible how to live in anticipation of His coming. The children I mentioned in the beginning knew how to live in anticipation of a living and present Jesus in their lives. Let us do the same. Let us be as children, who have no power, are meek, teachable, excited, trusting, and above all, loving Christ simply and beautifully.
I keep up with, and occasionally contribute to, some Facebook walls about the Rapture, and the Return of Christ.
ReplyDeleteSo much error there: self-appointed proclaimers of prophecy, arrogant souls, unteachable souls, and those who despise those of us who believe that Christ will return for His Church before the Wrath of God descends upon the earth. There are even those who despise those of us who use a different version or translation of Scripture than the one they approve.
And yet, there are people who cling to the Scriptures for their revelation, whose voices are humble in Spirit, who give counsel and wisdom rather than rants. It is these whom I follow rather than the former. It is always refreshing to find them.
Here is the correct link to the sermon. http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/61-26/living-in-anticipation-of-christs-return-part-1
ReplyDeleteHello John Cole,
DeleteThanks for the link!