LONGING TO SEE JESUS
Behold, I come quickly; holdfast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Revelation 3:11
There is no doubt in my mind that millions of
Christians in our day yearn within themselves to be ready to see the Lord Jesus when He appears. These are the saints of God who have a real understanding that what our Lord Jesus Christ is to us in our personal lives, moment by moment, is more important than merely dwelling on “what He did for us!”
I say this because a great segment of Christian theology emphasizes the “utility” of the cross on which Jesus died, rather than the Person who died on that cross for our sins.
Because of that view, many really have no emotional yearning for the return of Jesus. The best hope they know is a kind of intellectual, theological hope. But an intellectual knowledge of what the New Testament teaches about the return of Christ is surely a poor substitute for a love-inflamed desire to look on His face!
While we await Him, our Lord expects us to love one another, to worship Him together and to send this gracious gospel to the ends of the earth.
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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.