“Make Ready!”

 “Make Ready!”

 

Therefore, be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.  But know this:  If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.  This is why you also MUST be READY, because the Son of Man is COMING at an hour you do not expect.   Matthew 24:42-44

 

These Scriptures are the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ, when He was leaving the Temple grounds, He made many statements concerning, what is known as “the RAPTURE” which means the CATCHING UP of ALL TRUE BELIEVERS, to meet Him in the AIR.  No one KNOWS the HOUR or the DAY when this will happen.  And it COULD HAPPEN ANY TIME NOW!!!

 

So, even back in that time, Jesus wanted His followers to be ALERT and READY to GO!  He gave them an illustration about a homeowner, and this is what He said, “If the homeowner had KNOWN what time the thief was COMING, he would have STAYED ALERT and NOT let HIS house be broken into.”  This is WHY you also MUST BE READY, because the SON of MAN is COMING SOON at an HOUR YOU DO NOT EXPECT.  ARE YOU READY?

 

In order to BE READY, you MUST DO some things that will MAKE you READY:  First, if you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD, through the SACRIFICIAL WORK that took place on the CROSS of CALVARY when JESUS CHRIST DIED for YOU, to SHED His BLOOD to SAVE your WRETCHED SOUL, from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS, GOD’S SON, SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE, and is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and SHARE THIS GOOD NEWS of the HOPE YOU HAVE of an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  When you do this with a SINCERE, REPENTANT HEART, you will MAKE READY your SOUL for an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD, AND HIS LOVING SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  So, DO this NOW, while you STILL CAN.  HE’S WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!