Well, how do we prepare for the second coming of Christ?

The question is a great one, it's always relevant.

And it comes with us today from a listener to the podcast named Sarah.

Thank you for this podcast, Pastor John, she writes, how do I prepare for the second coming

of Christ properly?

What can I expect?

What is to come?

What should I be doing now as I eagerly await his return?

One way to summarize our preparation for the second coming is to say that there are

three impulses that help us be ready.

One, the impulse that comes from the glorious prospect of seeing the Lord, two, the impulse

that comes from the necessity of suffering before he comes, three, the impulse to be

found faithful and vigilant in our particular callings when he comes.

So let me illustrate each of those three impulses because that's the answer to the question,

how do you prepare?

You prepare by responding biblically to those three impulses first.

First the impulse that comes from the glorious prospect of seeing the Lord.

First John, three, two and three, beloved, we are God's children now.

What we will be has not yet appeared, but we know that when he appears, that's the second

coming, when he appears, we shall be like him because we shall see him as he is and

everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself now as he is pure.

So think about the psychological dynamics of those verses.

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