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“Be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation” (2 Peter 3:14-15).
While we are waiting for the Lord Jesus to come, there is a right attitude and a right way for us to live. We are to walk in peace, and to lead good, morally upright lives.
But we are to remember that if the Lord does not come right away, it’s because He wants more to be saved, as we had yesterday. Several years ago, at a Bible conference in another country, someone said, “We have been hearing about the Lord’s coming for a long time. Why doesn’t He come and take us home?”
I asked the audience, “How many here were saved in the last ten years?” About half of the hands went up. Then I asked, “How many here were saved in the past twenty years?” About three-quarters of the hands went up. Then I said, “I was waiting for the Lord to come more than twenty years ago. But if He had come then, most of you would have missed out on being saved! Aren’t you glad He waited for you?” They all agreed.
Again, let us be patient, as the Lord is, and be willing to wait for more to be saved.
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