I’M FROM THERE TOO
READING: PHILIPPIANS 3:17-21
Verse 20: “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ”
Some people totally lack enthusiasm and excitement about the return of our Lord Jesus. Many of them are pretty much satisfied with their lives as they are right now. Based on the “if it’s not broke don’t fix it” concept, they are opposed to any sort of major change to the nature of their lives. Others may not be quite as pleased about the way things are now, but still resist any kind of dramatic upheaval. Both groups highly value living lives with which they can identify and about which they have some understanding. For them, living in the status quo is preferable to a change to something dramatically different, downright scary or even just unknown. Both of the preceding viewpoints result from worldly perspectives. In order for that to change so that there can be eagerness about the return of the Lord Jesus, their reality must be viewed from the heavenly perspective that is given to Christians. Today’s verse is the truth of God that provides that divine point of view. We can look forward to the return of Jesus because, as children of God, His home is our home and we’ll be going there with Him. That’s a thought about God’s Word.
RESPONSE
2. Do you have a responsibility regarding those who resist the Second Coming?
