On The Imminence Of The Lord's Coming.
The church in touch with the Holy Spirit lives in the consciousness of the imminence of the Lord's coming, as seeing the day approaching. According to Hebrews 10:24-25, provoking ourselves unto love and good works and assembling together often to exhort and encourage one another is to be done in the anticipation & hope of his coming for us. Where this is not in view and we merely assemble together without seeing the day approaching and hasting unto his coming, our gathering and love feasts is nothing but a social meeting/gathering. Beyond every doubt and confusion of men who are insincere with scripture, the bride that loves her bridegroom undyingly and passionately, desires and craves his coming as soon as possible. Hope deferred makes the longing heart sick. As revealed by the Lord in Matthew 24, the servant who defers his Lord's coming in his heart, whether for fear or his imminent return or indifference to it, is an evil servant; and the disposition of his heart affec