Watch out

"Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming." Matthew 24.42

 These are simple but profound words. They bear the personal responsibility of the servant. Should he be distracted or relax in the faith, his soul will be doomed to eternal punishment, along with all non-servants.

The flood

"For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be."  Matthew 24.38,39

Only those who are born of the Spirit realise that the present days are in many ways similar to the days leading up to the flood. Words as eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, as said by Jesus, mean far beyond the norm. They refer to the combination of gluttony and sex.
Isn't it the portrait of today's rock concerts, parties, carnivals and similar things, where food, alcohol, drugs and sex abound?
Therefore watch out at all times, praying, that you may escape all these things that have to happen, and stand before the Son of Man.

General warning

"Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown."          Revelation 3.11

This warning is for those who believe. The responsibility of maintaining their salvation is also for those who believe.
For this reason, those who have ears must listen and obey, so the same thing that happened to the five foolish virgins doesn't happen to you too.

The coming of the Lord

"Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion."     Isaiah 52.8

True servants of God give it their all to spread the word of the coming of the Lord. His return is imminent.
Anyone who is interested in going up with Him must be ready because the signs of His coming leave no doubt of His return.

Look

"Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him and increased him.”         Isaiah 51.2

Look to Abraham means to follow his example of faith. He sacrificed his will to do the will of God. This is, his obedience demonstrated his faith.

Never forget

"Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug."       Isaiah 51.1

Those who seek shall find.
We found righteousness and we found the Lord. But in order for us not to forget what He has done for us, not even for one second, we must always remember where we came from - how difficult it was for Him to yank us out of the jaws of hell and the pit of destruction we were in.

From the heavens to the earth

"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, the earth will grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it will die in like manner. But My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness will not be abolished." Isaiah 51.6

God allows us to see things two ways: The first is like the heavens, which will vanish away like smoke. The second is like the earth, which after some time, will become unusable. Because of this, its inhabitants will disappear like mosquitoes. 


But those who wait on the Lord Jesus will be saved and will experience the joy of eternal righteousness.