WHAT WOULD BE OUR EXCUSE FOR NOT BEEN RAPTURE READY WHEN HE COMES?
THE CALLED AND GRACEFULLY PRESERVED,
WE ARE TO CONSTANTLY UPDATE OURSELVES ON THE HAPPENINGS IN THE CHRISTENDOM.
THE BITTER DIVISION AMONG THE BODY OF CHRIST HAS SERIOUSLY HAMPERED OUR ABILITY TO PROPERLY FUNCTION AS SOUL WINNERS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD WHICH WE WERE CALLED TO BE. [JOHN, 17:-21-23]
WE ALL SING AND SHOUT HOLINESS AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR VOICES, AND WE CONSTANTLY HUG THE HOLY SCRIPTURE CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS BUT NOT READY TO FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST WHOM WE CALLED OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE HOLINESS OF CHRIST CAN NOT BE IMPUTED ON THE HEARTS THAT ARE FULL OF EVIL AND HATRED TOWARD FELLOW BELIEVERS FROM DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS, AND THE SOULS THAT ARE NOT READY FOR REPENTANCE.
WE ALL HAVE THE NOTION AND THIS FORLORN HOPE THAT SHOULD CHRIST COME TODAY, WE ARE RAPTURE READY. REALLY? HOW SURE IS THAT? WITH OUR DIRTY MINDS, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
OUR SITUATION CAN BE LIKENED TO THAT OF A PIG, TAKEN OUT FROM THE POOL OF DIRTY WATER, WIPED CLEAN AND WELL DRESSED, SITTED AT THE HIGH TABLE OF THE BANQUET,
AS THE OWNER WAS PRASING HIMSELF FOR A JOB WELL-DONE, THE PIG RAN BACK TO WHERE HE WAS TAKEN FROM, IN THE DURTY WATER.[1CORINTHIANS, 6:-9-11] WITH ALL THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO US THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, YET WE ARE STILL NOT READY TO CHANGE FROM OUR EVIL WAYS. THE QUESTION NOW IS, WHAT DO WE WANT GOD TO DO?
IT SEEMS HE HASN’T DONE ENOUGH TO EARN OUR TRUST. AFTER GIVEN US HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO DIE FOR THE SIN HE DID NOT COMMIT; AFTER ALL THE GRACE RECIEVED WHAT EX DO WE WANT HIM TO DO?
WHAT WOULD BE OUR EXCUSE FOR NOT BEING RAPTURE READY WHEN HE COMES? THIS IS A BIG PUZZLE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED.
IN CONCLUSION: MAY THE GOD OF ENDURANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT GRANT UNTO US THE GRACE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN SUCH HARMONY WITH ONE ANOTHER, IN ACCORD WITH CHRIST THAT TOGETHER WE MAY WITH ONE VOICE GLORIFY GOD AND THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.