The promise of the life to come always affects the life that now is.
Titus 2:11-13, “ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”
Our hope is that Jesus is coming back, but His promise to return does not provide us an escape from dealing with our lives today.
Because we know He is returning, we should appreciate more than ever the grace of God which enables us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, to live soberly, righteously in this present evil world.
Once one becomes a Christian, everything done in this life afterward will be judged to determine the amount of reward he/she will have awaiting in the next life. (1 Corinthians 3:14; 1 Corinthians 9:17; Colossians 3:24; 1 Timothy 5:18; Hebrews 10:35)
Our motivation to cooperate with the Spirit of God’s efforts to change us inwardly is that blessed hope and glorious appearing of Jesus.
John wrote that every man that has this hope in him will purify himself even as he is pure. Hope is motivation to purify oneself. (1 John 3:3)
We are His planting, He is our husbandman, He is coming back to harvest all of us, and the state we are harvested will determine our eternal standing with Him. (James 5:7)
That means we can’t afford to waste time. We can’t afford to be slack concerning our walk. Because if Jesus would come back right now the condition we are presently will totally control and effect what we’re to have throughout eternity. That makes everything we do on a daily basis take on a new perspective.
Titus 2:11-13, “ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”
Our hope is that Jesus is coming back, but His promise to return does not provide us an escape from dealing with our lives today.
Because we know He is returning, we should appreciate more than ever the grace of God which enables us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, to live soberly, righteously in this present evil world.
Once one becomes a Christian, everything done in this life afterward will be judged to determine the amount of reward he/she will have awaiting in the next life. (1 Corinthians 3:14; 1 Corinthians 9:17; Colossians 3:24; 1 Timothy 5:18; Hebrews 10:35)
Our motivation to cooperate with the Spirit of God’s efforts to change us inwardly is that blessed hope and glorious appearing of Jesus.
John wrote that every man that has this hope in him will purify himself even as he is pure. Hope is motivation to purify oneself. (1 John 3:3)
We are His planting, He is our husbandman, He is coming back to harvest all of us, and the state we are harvested will determine our eternal standing with Him. (James 5:7)
That means we can’t afford to waste time. We can’t afford to be slack concerning our walk. Because if Jesus would come back right now the condition we are presently will totally control and effect what we’re to have throughout eternity. That makes everything we do on a daily basis take on a new perspective.