Be Prepared

1 Thessalonians 5:1-2

Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

J.C. Ryle

Those who denounce the doctrine of the second advent as speculative, fanciful and unpractical, would do well to reconsider the subject. The doctrine was not so regarded in the days of the apostles. In their eyes, patience, hope, diligence, moderation, personal holiness, were inseparably connected with an expectation of the Lord’s return. Happy is the Christian who has learned to think with them! To be ever looking for the Lord’s appearing is one of the best helps to a close walk with God.

Rev. Thomas Champness, founder of The Joyful News Training Home and Mission which became Cliff College

May the Son of Righteousness, when He appears, find us waiting, looking, and longing for the first gleam of day.

C.S. Lewis

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.