Sunday, July 06, 2008

As you see the Day approaching

Greetings, brethren...
Please be encouraged, and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching...

1 Timothy 6:13-15
13. I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
14. that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing,
15. which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

2 Timothy 4:1,8
1. I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the at His appearing and His kingdom:
8. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Titus 2:13
13. looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Jude 24
24. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

Hebrews 10:22-25 tells us:
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Notice - draw near (and keep drawing near) with full assurance of faith - AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING. Hold fast the confession of our hope - AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING. Consider each other and help provoke one another to love and good works - AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING. Get connected, assembled together AND SO MUCH THE MORE - AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.

Don't be blind, or insensitive, to what the Lord is desiring. The Day of His appearing is approaching! May you and I live with that thought throughout our days.

Pastor Jan