Preparing for the Saviour’s Coming
By Walter I. Ernst
BRO. SMITH: I am still trying by the grace of God to be an overcomer. I love the Saviour because he first loved me, and gave himself a ransom for me. My prayer is, that his love may be shed abroad in my heart to such an extent that I may be able to bring body and mind into subjection, and withstand all the darts of the enemy. I love present truth. It grows more precious to me every day. It helps me to bear up under the trials and difficulties arising from our fallen natures. I love to dwell on the thought of the soon coming of the Saviour. May I, with all the people of God, be prepared for that day. Jesus, the insulted, despised, and slain Lamb of God, is soon coming. What a thought! Yes, he is soon coming “without sin unto salvation” unto those that watch and pray, keep the commandments, abide in his love, and long for his appearing. How the thought cheers my drooping spirits, and encourages me to go on. Soon we shall reap if we faint not. Yes, soon we shall receive an inheritance incorruptible, and that fadeth not away. If faithful unto the grace already given, we shall soon have met the last enemy, fought the last battle, and be able to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, and enter the gates of the New Jerusalem. Let us lay hold on the promises of God, and stand steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, that the fruits may be unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. In hope of truth. WALTER I. ERNST.