Mark 13:1-37
We are not to be a people whose ‘faith’ is locked in the past! We are to be a people of hope. We look to the future. We ‘see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory’(26). There may be ‘wars and rumours of wars’(7). When Christ returns, only one thing will matter: ‘he who endures to the end will be saved’(13). ‘This day - the noise of battle’: Look beyond all that to ‘the victor’s song’(Church Hymnary,481). In human conflict, there is so much of self - ‘We are the people’. When Christ returns, nothing will matter but this: ‘When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there’(Mission Praise,759). We hear of ‘wars and rumours of wars’. Do we say, ‘This is part of our history. It’s always been this way’?. We must remember: Preaching Christ's Gospel is far more important than ‘defending’ our ways (10)!
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