Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who actually do.

 

  While we really may not be certain of many things, we can be certain Christ will someday come again!

 

Luke 21:36 “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

 

  The Advent message is that Christ is coming again to the world.

 

   Not as he came the first time , as a poor lowly babe in the manger at Bethlehem, but this time in his power and glory at the end of the world.

 

  We are admonished by Christ to be prepared so that we are ready when He comes.

 

  Jesus may come at any time.

 

  He did not give any particular date.

 

  He did however give signs to look for. Some feel that many of those signs, (conflicts between nations, false prophets, persecution of Christ's followers, etc.), of Christ's second coming have come to pass and His return is eminent.

 

  Whether Christ's return is today, next month, or several centuries away, we do know that He is coming and our job is to be ready for His return.

 

We therefore do need to “watch” and “pray always”.

 

  We need to be spiritually alert by reading God's Holy Word the Bible.

 

  In it we are reminded that our sins separate us from God and that only through faith in Christ can we receive remission and pardon.

 

  We should receive Holy Communion often.

 

  In the receiving of Holy Communion we are strengthened and are assured that our sins are forgiven us through Christ's sacrifice for us of His body and blood.

 

  We also must use that great privilege of prayer that God has given us.

 

We should be using it not just once a week in church, but daily in our lives.

 

  In particular in our prayers, we need to ask that the Holy Spirit remain with us to assist us to be ready.

 

  We need to do this so that we may be prepared to meet our Savior when he returns to judge the living and the dead.