"Being Ready For the Return of Jesus Christ"

“Being Ready For the Return of Jesus Christ”

 

Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at His coming.   As obedient Children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.  But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written:  “Be holy, because I am holy.”        1 Peter 1:13-16

 

As TRUE BELIEVERS, TRUE CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD, we SHOULD be in PREPARATION for the RETURN of Jesus Christ.   The FIRST thing we NEED is the PREPARATION of the mind.  In PREPARING our minds, we should practice OBEDIENCE, which is a CONSCIOUS act of the will, or a WILLINGNESS to obey.  Through the act of OBEDIENCE, the TRUE BELIEVER’S mind will be ALERT and FULLY SOBER, or showing MENTAL and EMOTIONAL BALANCE.  They NEED to be ALERT and TOUGH-MINDED also, especially when facing trials and persecutions.

 

The SECOND thing we NEED is to be SELF-CONTROLLED, or FULLY SOBER, free from ALL mental and spiritual excess.  We should NOT let our OUTER CIRCUMSTANCES control our MIND and HEART. REMEMBER our MIND needs to be FULLY SOBER, showing MENTAL and EMOTIONAL BALANCE.  We SHOULD be led from WITH-IN, by the work of the HOLY SPIRIT.  Then we will have SELF-CONTROL.

 

The FINAL thing is to SET YOUR HOPE on the BLESSINGS that we will receive when Christ returns.  Our HOPE should be UNCHANGEABLE and UNWAVERING, even in the midst of the RAGING STORMS of LIFE.  We can be MORE than CONQUERORS, when we, like the Apostle Paul, set our HOPE on the PRIZE that awaits us.   In order to have this kind of HOPE, we must STRIVE to LIVE a HOLY LIFE.  Our LIFESTYLE should reflect the NATURE of GOD.  It is the RESPONSIBILITY of EVERY TRUE BELIEVER, to WORK at LIVING a HOLY LIFE, both INWARDLY and OUTWARDLY.  We may not be able to live a PERFECTLY HOLY life, here on this earth, but we DO NEED to WORK at being COMPLETELY CONFORMED to God’s PERFECT and HOLY will.  

 

Are these steps, the steps you are taking in PREPARATION for the RETURN of JESUS CHRIST?   If NOT, you NEED to START NOW.  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you NEED to take that BIG IMPORTANT STEP, which will determine your DESTINY for ALL ETERNITY.  Right now, you are headed for an ETERNITY in Hell, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of ESCAPE.  But you can CHANGE your DESTINY by:  TURNING AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURNING TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that, JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and start your PREPARATION to be READY for the RETURN of JESUS CHRIST.  DO this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!