0661. 646. Power of Christ’s Coming

646. Power of Christ’s Coming

Archibald G. Brown, in speaking of the sustaining power of a personal faith in the personal return of Christ, said: “If the eyes of faith had not brought me to see the Second Coming of Christ as the fulfilment of prophecy, force of circumstances would have driven me into infidelity. When I see iniquity more and more abounding, more heathen than fifty years ago, less godly and converted people, only this hope sustains me, that He will come again—not the weary one, the despised one—but in power and in might, at His Father’s right hand. And woe to the despots then! Then shall begin the Millennial age when He shall appear, showing the wounds of the Lamb that was slain, and when righteousness shall cover the earth. The same Christ, He and not another, and we shall know Him by the print of the nails!” Yes, the “Blessed Hope” of Christ’s return is—

1. Our Comfort in Sorrow—1Th_4:14.

2. Our Joy in Persecution—2Th_1:7.

3. Our Purifier in Life—1Jn_3:3.

4. Our Outlook of Expectation—Php_3:20, Php_3:21.

5. Our Confidence in Confession—Heb_10:23, R.V.

6. Our Patience in Trial—Jas_5:7.

7. Our Strength in Endurance—1Pe_1:13.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH