0193. 190. Christ’s Return

190. Christ’s Return

A minister who was talking with a Christian worker said: “Christ came again twenty years ago, when He came into my heart.” Whereupon the Christian worker replied: “I read in my Bible that certain things are to happen when Christ returns, and among them, the dead in Christ shall be raised and the living believers in Him will be changed. Have either of these taken place?” The question nonplussed the minister! No honest reader of the discourse of Christ as recorded in Matthew 24 and Matthew 25 can deny His word about His Coming again. His return is—

1. Promised by Christ—Joh_14:3.

2. Declared by the two men who stood by the disciples when He went away—Act_1:11.

3. Announced by Peter—Act_3:20.

4. Described by Paul—1Th_4:13-18.

5. Urged by James—Jas_5:7.

6. Affirmed by John—1Jn_3:2.

7. Quoted by Jude—1Jn_3:14.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH