2 Timothy 4:6-8 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.… I. WHO THEY ARE THAT LOVE THE LORD'S APPEARING: — I might answer such a question very shortly by saying, those who are prepared for it. "But who," you may ask, "is the prepared servant?" I answer — he who has received that Lord as his Redeemer, who, he expects, will be his Judge. II. WHY THEY LOVE IT. If you had received a multitude of obligations from an unseen friend, you would surely long to set your eyes upon him. If you heard that you were soon to meet him, you would be pleased exceedingly; you would exclaim, "Oh, come the day!" And here then is a reason why the saved sinner loves to think of the appearing of his Saviour. The very sight of his Redeemer will be rapture to his soul. But look at the words immediately be fore our text, and there you will see a further reason of the fact we are considering. There are we told of a prize which the believer has to look for in the day of his Lord's coming. It will be a day when the present evil course of things will be for ever over. Again, the Lord's people love the day of His appearing, because then He will be All in All. (A. Roberts, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.WEB: For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. |
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