our own individual lives. At this point I am not thinking of the physical changes, although that is certainly embodied, but rather a change of character. Think what it will be like. No longer will we get out of sorts when we are tired; no longer will we blow our stack when others have been mean or harsh; no longer will we gossip or find fault with those whom we dislike. Criticism and cynicism will be a thing of the past. You see, the char acter as well as the physical part of the Christian, will become com pletely revealed and transformed at the coming of Jesus Christ. At the first coming of Christ He was made like unto us. At His sec ond coming we will be made like unto Him. Beloved, right now we are the sons of God. And it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we are assured that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him for we shall know Him as He is.
onds later see exactly what we looked like. There was no need for a few days for development and enlargements. We saw what we were like in one minute's time. Have you ever stopped to think that as far as salvation is concerned, we do not even have to wait the length of a polaroid camera's tra ditional speed. When by faith we receive Jesus Christ as Saviour, we are immediately His children. Right now, we look at another before we are complete; before our physical bodies have been fin ally redeemed. God sees us, how ever, as we are now and considers what we are when we are finished." This is what Paul meant when he declared, "He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it (or perfect it) until the day of Jesus Christ." There are a great many changes which will take place when Christ comes again. None is greater than what will transpire in
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