Jesus likened himself to a traveling man. He did not end in the tomb after his crucifixion, nor did he enter into nonexistence by his resurrection and ascension, but he lives, and sits at the right hand of his Father, bearing the universe with the word of his power. Judgments have not yet destroyed us because of his intercession.
Jesus did not leave his spiritual house and temple in a state of disorder. He called servants, appointed them to posts, gave them gifts, and authorized them with duties and offices. The believers must put themselves under the power of God, and strive for their Lord’s service, as otherwise they change themselves. The Lord did not put anyone of them before an inapplicable duty, but gave the necessary power for service to everyone who wants to obey. We do not live under the Old covenant where the godly were broken in the Mosaic Law, but under the new covenant, where Jesus gave us the power of love.
Our self-sanctification is not the only aim to receive everlasting life, but Christ consecrated us to service, and sent us out to testimony. Therefore, let us spend our days in the works of evident love. The extract of our reasonable service is not meditations, prayers, sayings, and deep thought, but hard work, and different charities for the sake of the Lord who gave us an example by his self-sacrifice for the unworthy. It is not good to use others to serve the Lord, but to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God (Romans 12:1).
Did you know the work entrusted to you by God? Pray faithfully, and ask him personally, what he wants you to do. If you did not know how to serve the Lord practically, write to us, and we will show you how you can serve the Lord practically in your surroundings.
The Lord appointed one of his servants as a doorkeeper that he might always look at the horizon, expecting the coming Lord. This office indicates the gift of prophecy and eager prayer for the Lord’s coming, which did not end completely in the church. Jesus gives every individual of his body special gifts that they may understand the signs of time in harmony with his word, and tell the people of the church the results of their love recognition.
In addition to this gift, the Lord commands all his servants to be spiritually watchful that they may perform their services with the sense of responsibility, keeping in mind that the Lord will call us to give an exact account of our time, money, words, thoughts, acts, and prayers. The Lord will clarify if you were lazy, or hardworking, if you served him wisely or foolishly, if you thought of yourself and your family, or cared about the weak and the simple. The Lord wants you to love as he loved in the power and the guidance of his word.
Are you watchful in spirit, or are you sleepy in lusts? The hands of the universe clock are drawing near midnight. Multitudes are sitting before the TV passing their precious time in amusement, and forgetting God.
Is your heart filled with the living word of God? Let your light shine in the dark night, and your senses watch the coming Lord that you may be prepared, at every moment, to open the door of your house to the Lord, and give him account. Did you arrange the drawers of your office or your closet? Is your life and works well organized, or are you disordered in your life and your thoughts? Do you hide a known sin, or do you keep an evil problem in your heart against the Spirit of God?
Hurry up with the help of the Holy Spirit, and prepare your life completely before it is too late. Prepare the way of the Lord. Ask forgiveness of those whom you have offended. Return the stolen goods which are not yours completely and many times more, as the Lord said: “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.”
If you were a minister, or if you were spiritually responsible for other friends, then pray to your Lord that he may prepare your life and your family for his own coming, and that he may cleanse all your fellowship with the blood of Jesus that they may be prepared for his coming. Speak to them with humility about the truth requirements, and declare to them all the promises of the love of God, for if you did not warn them clearly, the Lord might require their souls from you, but if you declared to them every thought and all the mysteries revealed to you by the Lord, then they themselves would bear their own sins. Pray earnestly and steadfastly for every one of your community that he may be broken to his pride, crushed in the love of God, and become a good, hardworking servant to Jesus, and prepared to meet him with shouts of joy.