This is the final in the series of Christmas Classics written by our Founder, Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom for his radio program “There’s No Place Like Home.” Please enjoy a complimentary E-Book of this series by clicking the link at the end of this article.
Second Coming
We read in Titus 2:13, “Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed hope and that glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ.”
The annual remembrance at Christmas time of the first coming of Christ into the world ought naturally to lead in to an anticipation of His Second Coming. To the unbeliever, that coming will entail a fiery time of judgement. To the Christian, the return of Christ is that blessed hope. This promise does not promote Christian indolence, as some have charged. Rather, it encourages us to live soberly, righteously, and godly.
Take Heed To Yourselves
As John says, “Abide in Him, that when He shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming” (1 John 2:28). Jesus warned, “Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares” (Luke 21:34). How distressing would be the shame of a Christian to be caught in some such situation when His Lord returns!
Preach The Word
The hope of Christ’s coming is also a great incentive to evangelism and missions, including the establishment of Christian schools and homeschooling programs around the world. In Paul’s last message immediately after his long description of the last days he says, “I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing in His kingdom, preach the Word, do the work of an evangelist” (2 Timothey 4:1).
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