JESUS IS COMING

Pastor Bill Marks, Christian Fellowship, Potchefstroom, (018) 293 1608 or 079 311 6515 A few days before John F. Kennedy was to be inaugurated as President of the USA, Billy Graham, the well-known Evangelist, invited him to a game of golf. On his way back from the golf course, he turned to Billy Graham and asked him: "Do you really believe that Jesus Christ is coming back to earth again?" Billy Graham said: "Yes Sir, I do believe," and shared with him the truth of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth. A thousand days later President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. At his funeral, Cardinal Cushing read these words to millions of people who were watching television all over the world: "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. 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 for ever. Therefore encourage each other with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18). As we see present global events worsen, ecologists are telling us that the world's ice caps are melting, that floods will inundate New York City and much of the East Coast. We are now living close to the end of the age and the signs of the times indicate this. Have faith and look forward to the promise that the Lord Jesus Christ will come again! 1 Thessalonians 4:16 reminds us that the dead (in Christ) will rise first. "Therefore, if anyone is IN CHRIST, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away. Behold all things have become new" (2 Cor. 5:17). 1 Thessalonians 4:17 tells us that we who are still alive will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. The phrase "caught up" means to snatch away, to seize. The word "caught up" in Greek, harpazo means "to be snatched away rapidly". In an instant we will be clothed in heavenly bodies (glorified bodies) 1 Corinthians 15:1-53. In Revelation 5:9 we read that they sang a new song and the new song is "Worthy is the Lamb" (verse 12). Sing a new song just where you are right now! Open your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ, accept Him as your personal Saviour, for He is inviting you to come to His Throne of grace. PRAY THIS PRAYER: "Thank You Lord Jesus for dying for me, forgive me all my sins and save me. Come and live in me now and throughout eternity." Sponsored by TG TRADERS