We are called to be alert and ready for Christ's return. But what does this mean?
Certainly we are strongly warned not to degenerate from Christ because: "For in the case of those who have been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame. For ground the drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. - Hebrews 6:4-8. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. Rev. 3:13-14
Be Holy
A Charge to a soldier in Christ |