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If we
were perfectly certain that our Lord would come
this very night, should we not most diligently
and faithfully attend to our daily round of
duty, and do all that fell to us in that
particular sphere in which His good hand has
placed us?
The very fact of
expecting the blessed Master would strengthen
our desire to have everything 'done' as it ought
to be, up to the very moment of His return, so
that not so much as a single righteous claim
should be left neglected.
The hope of the
Lord's speedy return, when held in power in the
soul is most sanctifying, purifying, and
adjusting in its influence upon Christian life,
conduct and character. We know,
alas! That even this most glorious
truth may be understood, and flippantly
professed with the lips, while the heart and the
life, the course, conduct and character remain
wholly unaffected by
it.
But, we are
expressly taught by the inspired Apostle
John…that "Every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as He is pure" (1 John
3:3). Most surely, this "purifying,"
embraces all that which goes to make up our
whole practical life from day to
day.
