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little children, abide in Him; that, if He shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming" (I J obn 2 :28). There are many reasons why we should abide in the Lord Jesus but the pre-eminent reason in John's mind was that Jesus was coming again and that if we were to have confidence and not be ashamed before Him when He did come, we must be abiding in Him. Our Lord Jesus tells us that His return is the one event for which we should be look ing. "Let your loins be girded about," He says, ''and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for thefr lord when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.'' (Luke 12 :35, 36). In the next verse an espe cial blessing is pronounced upon those "Whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching." The Holy Spirit in the 9th chap ter of Hebrews and the 28th verse tells us that "to them that wait for Him," shall He ''appear a second time apart from sin unto salvation." These words ought to lead us to some very deep and earnest thinking and to
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