He is Coming Soon - Be Ready
"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons
ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day of God, . . . Be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without
spot, and blameless." 2 Peter 3:11-14
"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments,
lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." Rev. 16:15
"Not one of us should dare be off guard for a moment; for 'in such an hour as ye
think not, the Son of man cometh.'" 5T 12
"Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 21
"The great crisis is just before us. To meet its trials and temptations, and to
perform its duties, will require persevering faith. But we may triumph gloriously; not one
watching, praying, believing soul will be ensnared by the enemy." 6T 404
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is
faithful that promised;) and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good
works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.
"For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment
and fiery indignation." Heb. 10:23-26
Many people have a hard time understanding this text, thinking they cannot come back to
God if they have willfully sinned. It is not that God would not forgive, but that they are
willfully keeping on doing it.
"The wrath of God is not declared against unrepentant sinners merely because of
the sins they have committed, but because, when called to repent, they chose to continue
in resistance, repeating the sins of the past in defiance of the light given. If the
Jewish leaders had submitted to the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, they would have
been pardoned; but they were determined not to yield. In the same way, the sinner, by
continued resistance, places himself where the Holy Spirit cannot influence him." AA
62
"When Saul turned away from the reproof sent by God's Holy Spirit, and persisted
in his stubborn self-justification, he rejected the only means by which God could work to
save him from himself. He had willfully separated himself from God. He could not
receive divine help or guidance until he should return to God by confession of his
sin." PP 633
"Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have
heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. . . . How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation." Heb. 2:1-3
"Neglect this great salvation, kept before you for years, despise this glorious
offer of justification through the blood of Christ and sanctification through the
cleansing power of the Holy Spirit, and there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a
certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation. I entreat you now to humble
yourselves and cease your stubborn resistance of light and evidence. Say unto the Lord,
Mine iniquities have separated between me and my God. O Lord, pardon my transgressions.
Blot out my sins from the book of Thy remembrance. Praise His holy name, there is
forgiveness with Him, and you can be converted, transformed." TM 97
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