"Where Do You Find That?"

 
I heard of a little girl, who before she went to sleep, took hold of her sister’s arm, for she was afraid that if the Lord came, she would be taken away, and her sister left behind. She had been taught by her dear parents that only those who are saved through the precious blood of Jesus would be taken up to meet Him, and knowing that her sister was not saved, it made her afraid.
Now, it may be that some of you do not know that we are told in God’s Word that every believer on the Lord Jesus Christ, whether young or old, may at any moment be caught up without dying to meet Him in the air; and that all who love the Lord Jesus are called to wait for Him.
A friend and myself were one day traveling on one of the many railroads in London, when, on alighting at the station, we inquired of a boy the way to our destination. He immediately went with, us, to put us in the right direction.
He was a cripple, and walked with the aid of crutches. Poor little boy! he had such a bright happy face that I felt very much drawn to him, so I asked him if he knew the Lord Jesus as his Saviour.
“O, yes, I do, sir.”
“And do you know your sins are forgiven?”
“Yes,” he said.
“What do you expect to take place next before you see the Lord who died for you?”
“O, well, sir, we shall die,”
I told him that the Lord Jesus had promised to come again “Himself” to get us, and that we are told in God’s Word to look for Him, and that this is the bright and blessed hope for all who know the Lord.
The boy looked up very earnestly into my face and said,
“Where do you find that, sir?”
“In 1 Thessalonians 1:9,109For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. (1 Thessalonians 1:9‑10), it says of the early believers, they ‘turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come;’”
“The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump, of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16,1716For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16‑17).
Are you, my dear readers, ready to go to meet Him, if He were to come today?
ML 08/02/1942