“Be On the Alert”

December 9, 2017

“Be On the Alert”

Blessings folk!

We must give heed to what Jesus says.

Especially if Jesus says it three times in a conversation…

Mar 13:33-34

“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

“It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

“Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep.

“What I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’”

Take heed!
Pay attention!

Three times in this passage Jesus tells us to “be on the alert”.

Why?

Because we do not know the appointed time of the end of all things.

Jesus gives an example.
It is like a man on a journey.
The man left his slaves in charge of his house.
The slaves do not know when the man will return.
The doorkeeper is commanded to be alert.

The Lord commands us likewise.

We must be alert at all times in all things,
We do not know when He will return.
We will know the season.

We do not want to be found asleep…unprepared…unready.

Most are not alert and ready…even true believers.

Most, at best, give feigned interest to the return of the Lord.

Some even belittle the call to be ready.

They say “we don’t know the future”…untrue.
The Lord tells us much.

They say “it is frightening, scary…don’t worry about it”…a fatal position.

They say “there is nothing we can do”…untrue.
Jesus tells us that we are to…

  • See to it that no one mislead us
  • See to it that we are not frightened.
  • Be on guard
  • Not worry about what we will say
  • Be ready
  • Take heed
  • Be on the alert

It is time to take heed.
It is time to quit ignoring the Word in our teaching, “preaching”…life.

It is time to be ready.

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