Read 1 Thessalonians 5.... I am thankful for the leading of God and why I have to stand back. I have all faith that God will show favor and that truth shall prevail. Abstaining from even the merest appreance of evil stands out to me in verse 22 of 1 Thessolonians chapter 5. We have to walk in the spirit. Flee from the flesh. Glory to God. The apostle exhorts to be always ready for the coming of Christ to judgment, which will be with suddenness and surprise. It is needless or useless to ask about the particular time of Christs coming. Christ did not reveal this to the apostles. There are times and seasons for us to work in, and these are our duty and interest to know and observe; but as to the time when we must give up our account, we know it not, nor is it needful that we should. The coming of Christ will be a great surprise to men. Our Lord himself said so. As the hour of death is the same to each person that the judgment will be to mankind in general, so the same remarks answer for both. Christs coming will be terrible to the ungodly. Their destruction will overtake them while they dream of happiness, and please themselves with vain amusements. There will be no means to escape the terror or the punishment of that day. This day will be a happy day to the righteous. They are not in darkness; they are the children of the light. It is the happy condition of all true Christians. But how many are speaking peace and safety to themselves, over whose heads utter destruction is hovering! Let us endeavour to awaken ourselves and each other, and guard against our spiritual enemies...
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 14:29:51 +0000