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Our Lord's Coming

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 22, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 12.

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Our Lord's Coming

By George Muller

THE first deeply important point in connection with the subject before us is this,—it is certain that the Lord Jesus Christ will come again. It is certain that it is the will of our heavenly Father that the second coming of Christ should ever be the great hope of the church of God. Let us increasingly seek to meditate on this, to lay to heart and rejoice in the truth,—Jesus will come again; Jesus will destroy the works of Satan; Jesus will reign; Jesus will be manifested in His kingly office.
Another deeply important point is this,—are we prepared for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ? Are we, individually, truly converted? The question is not, Are we among the number of the professed disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ? not, Are we reckoned among the people of God? but, Are we able, on Scriptural grounds, to satisfy ourselves that, by the grace of God, we do trust alone in the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of our souls? Have we been made to see, under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, that we are lost, ruined, wicked, guilty sinners? Have we confessed this before God, and have we been enabled, after having passed sentence on ourselves, to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of our souls? If so, we belong no more to the world, but to the heavenly family. If so, we are regenerated, we are pardoned sinners, we stand justified before God, we have an interest in the intercession of our adorable Lord Jesus Christ at the right hand of God, and we need not be afraid to hear about His coming. But if this matter is not settled, so long as it is not settled, we have no real peace in oursouls. Let me entreat and beseech any not thus prepared for the return of the Lord Jesus, to see to it that they delay no longer to cry earnestly to God to have mercy on them, and to believe in Christ for the salvation of their souls.—George Muller.