SPIRITUAL READINESS

 

  By A. W. Tozer

 

The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober,

and watch unto prayer.  1 Peter 4:7

 

    When the Bible says that God is calling a special people

out of the nations to bear the name of His eternal Son, I

believe it -- and His name is Jesus!

 

    Our pious forefathers believed in spiritual preparation,

and they said so. They saw themselves as a bride being

prepared to meet the Bridegroom. They regarded this

earth as the dressing room to outfit themselves for

heaven.

 

    The evangelical church has come through a period

when nearly everyone has believed that there is just one

prerequisite to readiness: being born again. We have

made being born again almost like receiving a pass to a

special event - when Jesus returns we whip out the pass

to prove our readiness.

 

    Frankly, I do not think it will be like that.  I do not

believe that all professed believers are automatically ready

to meet the Lord. Our Savior Himself was joined by Peter

and John and Paul in warning and pleading that we should

live and watch and pray, so to be ready for Jesus' coming.

 

 

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Yours in Christ,

Paul N. F.