Ques. Will you kindly explain Revelation 3:3? Will the Lord come to those that are His and watching for Him, as a thief in the night?
Ans. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 tells us that “the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.” The day of the Lord is His coming in judgment with His saints-His appearing. When He comes thus, we shall appear with Him. He comes for His heavenly saints long before this. To them He is the bright and morning Star. “But ye brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief” (1 Thess. 5:4). Revelation 3:3 shows us how the Church has sunken down and become like the world, with a name to live, but dead, as a Church. All that are His own, will be taken out of it (John 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:15-17). Those who are left behind, are left for judgment (Matt. 25:10-12; 2 Thess. 1:7-9). They are not Christians except in name.
Ques. What is meant by 1 Corinthians 3:21-23? How are all things ours?
Ans. The Christians in Corinth were carnal; they followed men (1 Cor. 1:12-13; 3:1-6). The Apostle tells them all these teachers were for their benefit. They are to take all as the Lord’s ordering for their good. And so of the world; they had it from God, the Lord. Life was from Him; death, it was His servant for them; things present were His ordering for them; things to come were just what He would send. All was settled and sure, for they are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.
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