ALERT! HE IS COMING!

 

"The Glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ, is what our word from Matthew 24:36-51 is telling us. 

The Lord is coming... Are we ready? The tragedy is, however, not everyone is ready for His return. 

The first 35 verses of this chapter were all explanations of the Lord as to "when and what" details of His return, then, without wasting time He moved on exhorting us to be vigilant or be ready for His coming. This is really serious!

But He didn't say when, for He wants us to be always ready and understand the necessity of readiness.

His return will be like A SUDDEN FLOOD (Noah"s time) I personally likened this to SUDDEN DEATH - like the people in Noah's time when they were drowned in the flood, heart attacks, death while sleeping -- NO TIME TO PREPARE..

Noah preached righteousness for over 100 years but he was ignored, because the people were so WORLDLY -

When we say worldly it's not just being immoral or wicked, it is also about job or relationship or certain posssession that we can't let go, goals or habits even attitudes. They are not bad but they are not meant to run our lives. 

As John warned us : 1 John 2:15-17 “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.”

His return will also be like  THIEF IN THE NIGHT - they come when you don't expect them. When we want to protect our belongings thieves, we make sure our houses are well-locked.

 Planning ahead is very important. 
- it will be too late to start living holy when He is here already even to seek righteousness. 

Let us reflect: 

- How prepared are we for His coming? Because His coming brings with it severity.

        - If you fail to prepare, because you love the world...

        - If you fail to prepare because you are lazy..

        - if you fail to prepare because you are a phony...

- Failure to prepare is a monumental mistake.

So be prepared:

- by focusing more on His kingdom and His righteousness, and all things will be added unto you.

- by waking up and being alert for what He wants to see when He returns..

- by doing the job He left for us to finish.

START NOW! BE FAITHFUL! BE ALERT! and BE PREPARED!

Amen.