*CHRIST WILL RULE*

    *By A. W. Tozer*

    I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be
    preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
    Christ. /- - 1 Thessalonians 5:23/

    * I am not surprised that I still meet people who do not*
    *believe that Jesus Christ is going to return to earth. In*
    *fact, some of them, armed with their own Bibles and*
    *interpretations, are insistent on setting me 'straight'.*

    * One gentleman has written saying that I have it all*
    *wrong, and that Paul did not mean what I had said he*
    *meant as I applied Paul's statement to everyday life.*

    * I took time to write a reply: "When it comes to saying*
    *what he meant, Paul's batting average has been pretty*
    *good up to now. So, I will string along with what Paul*
    *plainly, clearly said."*

    * I did not figure I needed someone to straighten me*
    *out—particularly someone who had decided the Bible*
    *does not mean what it says.*

    * No one is going to argue me out of my faith in what*
    *God has revealed and what God has said. As far as I am*
    *concerned, it is a fact that Jesus is coming again.*

    * /The question I do raise is this: Are we prepared/*
    */spiritually for His coming? Are we tolerating conditions/*
    */in our midst that will cause us embarrassment when/*
    */He does come?/*

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    *Yours in Christ,*
    *Paul N. F.*