Friday September 01st, 2023
« And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am »
1 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
One of the promises of God which His faithfulness will bring to pass is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Our Lord Jesus Christ gave a promise on behalf of the Holy Trinity that He would return to take His followers home according to the memory verse of today which is also part of our Bible text.
It is unfortunate that many people and particularly some theologians are now saying that Jesus Christ will not return physically again!
Beloved, if you are being carried away by this satanic teaching, please reconsider; read your Bible again.
Do not believe this doctrine of the devil.
God is faithful and will never make a promise that He will not fulfil. Jesus said, “…If it were not so, I would have told you…” (John 14:2).
He knew that there would be scoffers, deceivers and doubters of His second coming.
Beloved, I am declaring to you this day that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is coming back and very soon too.
The angels corroborated the promises He made to His disciples on behalf of the Holy Trinity in Acts 1:10-11GNT:
« 10 They still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away, when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them 11and said, “Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven.” »
The implications of the above Scripture are two-fold.
One, those who think Jesus Christ will not be faithful to His promise of the second coming should think again. This is because when He eventually returns, they will be put to shame unless they repent.
Two, those who will not believe in the faithfulness of God regarding Christ’s second coming will not get themselves ready and when they die in this unbelief, it will be too late to repent as it is appointed for man to die once, after which is judgment (Hebrews 9:27).
Everyone who surrenders their lives to Jesus and abides in Him will become a new creature.
Old things will pass away, all things will become new and they will no longer struggle with sin (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Beloved, get prepared; live righteously through faith in Jesus Christ – the Son of the living God.
Prayer point: Father, please increase my belief in Your faithfulness, in Jesus’ name.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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