Are we prepared for the Second coming of Jesus Christ?

I would like to share a small thought that came to my mind...

1 Thessalonians 4:16,17

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

     The above verse describes the wonderful hope that we are having, the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. But many of the Christians are ignorant of the fact that Jesus is coming to take us to be with Him forever more. But will we be taken with Him when He comes?

Nobody except the Father knows the hour he is going to come. If we are not ready when he is coming, then what is the point in saying that we are Christians? Do we have a confidence that we are going to be taken up with Him? If we are not having this confidence, let us strive forward in building this.

Who is going to be taken with Him?

     The answer is clearly mentioned in the above scripture, First the dead in Christ and then those who are alive in Christ.

How can we be dead or alive in Christ? The answer is simple. Make sure that we are born in Christ and are living in Christ. And if we are dead before his second coming, we will die in Christ.

John 3:5 says “Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.””

     Born again experience is one of the foundations of Christian Life; and in the above verse Jesus himself is telling that we cannot see the kingdom of God of if we are not born of water and the Spirit.

1 Thess 4:7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

     Living in Christ means to have a holy life led by Holy Spirit. As Ephesians 5:8 says we have to live as the children of Light (Jesus is the light of the world. John 8:12), for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth; and find out what pleases God. If we are led by Holy Spirit, we can successfully lead a Christian life giving the fruit of Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.Gal 5:22,23)

So let’s ask ourselves these two questions 

1. Am I born of water and Spirit?
2. Am I living in Christ?

         If we are born in Christ and are living in Christ, then we can confidently wait for our Lord because that’s what Bible tells us to do.