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'“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.'"
Matthew 5:17
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Not Ashamed At Jesus Coming
January 24th, 2025
'And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.'
I John 2:28-29
John's words above are very solemn! First of all John reminds us that one day Jesus will come back again just as He said He would, and John recorded His words in the gospel that bears his name. Jesus lived among us for years, but when Jesus first said He would go His disciple became sad, and so did all believers by extension, but He went to prepare us a place only, He didn't forsake us and one day He will come, "'“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. [...] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." John 14:1-3. Second, after reminding and assuring us that Jesus is coming back, John then exhorts us, by saying, "And now, little children, abide in Him."
That Jesus is coming is a sure thing, but how we wait for Him or how He finds us is another thing. Therefore, John says, "abide in Him" meaning "remain in Him, do not forsake Him, do not go after other things, do not be like the lost sheep which went astray; stay, remain steadfast in your faith" because Jesus is coming. If you abide when He comes, you will "have confidence and not be ashamed before Him". Jesus is coming to recompense each person according to their works. If our works are unrighteous, we will receive nothing because we proved that we have never been born of Him, but if our works are righteous and we practiced righteousness, then we have been born of Him, remained in Him, and will forever live with Him.
The faith life is not just about starting in Him, but abiding, remaining. May you abide in Him, may you remain in Him and not be ashamed at His coming. "'Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.'" I John 3:24. God bless you.
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