Chuckle:
A sign under a mounted fish: "If I
had kept my mouth shut, I wouldn't be here!"
Good Quote:
"A life without hope is a life
without meaning." --Unknown
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who
hears say, "Come!". . . Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and . . . take the
free gift of the water of life. . . He who testifies to these things
says, "Yes, I am
coming soon." Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus
(Revelation 22:17, 20 NIV).
Here in the
last few verses of the Bible, we are reminded that anyone may come to Jesus to
experience the joy of His salvation. You may recall the account in John 4:10-15,
when Jesus met the Samaritan woman at a well and told her about the living water
that He could supply. He extended the universal invitation to come to Him and
drink of the water of life. We live in a world experiencing severe thirst for
the living water. It's not too late for us to extend God's invitation to
everyone we know to come and drink. When they do, then they can look forward
with excitement and anticipation to our Lord's next coming.
The Bible
teaches repeatedly and clearly that the same Jesus who came to earth 2,000 years
ago, will come again to claim His church (all true believers) and to welcome
them into that eternal city called heaven. That Jesus will come again is a
foundational tenet of the Christian faith.
To leave
the readers of God's Word with a final reminder of Jesus' coming, the promise is
reemphasized in the final verses of the Bible. One last time, the Scriptures
point us to Jesus in whom we have our hope. When we really hope for something,
it will be a preoccupation in our minds and it will give us focus and direction
as we anticipate the fulfillment of that hope.
We see the
words of Jesus when He said, "Yes,
I'm coming soon." The word, "soon" means
"at any moment." This is wonderful news for those who have placed their faith
and hope in Him, but frightening news for those without hope who have rejected
Him. The Scriptures do not give us a date when Jesus will return, but we are
taught to live each day as if it is the day of our Lord's return -- be ready to
meet Him. If we know Him, we long for His return.
If we know Christ and long for Him and
His return, we will gain eternal treasures beyond description. But, If we long
for the treasures of this world we will spend our lives pursuing them and in the
end will we have nothing. Do you long for Jesus' return, or are you fearful
because you are not ready to meet Him? Come to Him in repentance and faith and
He will forgive your sins and prepare you to meet Him with anticipation and
without fear.
Love, Jerry & Dotse
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