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A Renewed Creation
The ultimate Christian hope is not a disembodied spiritual existence but a resurrected body in which we perfectly bring glory to God and reflect His awesome holiness. We will be finally and fully complete at our resurrection as our entire ...Read More
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The Certainty of Judgment
It is important that we not manipulate people’s emotions in our churches or when we are sharing the gospel out in the world. Nevertheless, this does not mean that we should not have an urgency in our preaching. The end ...Read More
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Two Sides of Judgment
Every believer should be looking forward with excited anticipation to the day of final judgment. On that day, we will be vindicated as the people of God and revealed as those who have been clothed in the righteousness of Christ. ...Read More
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A Better Age
To call upon the Lord, one commentator has noted, is to trust in Him alone for salvation, evidencing that faith through a commitment to His will and way, not our own. Under the plentiful outpouring of the Spirit, we are ...Read More
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An Imperishable Body
The last trumpet sound will be music to the ears of the redeemed, but it will be a cacophony to those who have refused to submit to the one, true Lord of all. Wicked and righteous alike will be raised, ...Read More
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Anticipating the Day of the Lord
Thank God for the unspeakable joy and glory that awaits you in the day of the Lord.Read More
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The Goodness of Creation
John Calvin writes that our partaking of food is not done in holiness “unless it be accompanied by true knowledge and calling on the name of God.” We are no better than animals, he says, if we do not give ...Read More
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Five Foolish Virgins
We cannot trust in the spiritual readiness of others. Being ready to enter the kingdom at our Lord’s return or, should He tarry, to remain faithful when our rescue seems long in coming is something that we are responsible for ...Read More
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A Faithful and Wise Servant
Bishop Hilary of Poiters, an early church father, says, “Our ignorance of the day of Christ’s return should provoke us to be careful as we eagerly await his coming” (On Matthew, 26.6). Knowing that Jesus could come at any minute ...Read More
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An Unknown Day and Hour
Our Lord’s admission, in His humanity, that He did not know when the day of His second advent would be is a warning to anyone who might try to set a date for His return. We are wasting time if ...Read More