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Who may stand?

12/13/2012

 
But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. (Malachi 3:2-4)

Who indeed can stand before the Lord Jesus Christ in His full glory.  The Righteous Judge of the whole world will cleanse His own that they might be pure and holy.  He will also cast aside all those that oppose Him.  The judgments to come are great and terrible, and no one who is not safe and secure in His arms and in His mercy can stand before Him.  It is only by His grace and mercy that we who know Him are not consumed.  John saw Him as the Glorified Lord and fell at His feet as though dead.  Isaiah saw Him lifted up in the Temple of Heaven and cried out "Woe is me, for I am undone" and decried his sIn before a Holy GOD.  Ezekiel and Daniel saw Him as the Ancient of Days and the Son of Man and fell down and worshiped Him, just as Joshua had done many years earlier.  Both Paul and Moses were humbled by their encounters with our Lord.  We in our sinful state cannot stand before Him in His brightness and pure holiness without His protection. 

It is only through the love of GOD that we have any hope.  As the well known verse says GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosover believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.  He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, and is not willing that any should perish but He commands men everywhere to repent.  To surrender to Him on His terms and receive by Faith the new life that He offers.

A new life that will include purging and cleansing by the Master, but is so much better than the old life that will perish with this world that is already under judgment because of sIn.  I urge you to be honest with yourself and with GOD and if you are not in a secure right relationship with Him today, to admit your sIn and ask Him for His salvation: Believing that the Lord Jesus is GOD and His finished work on the cross is sufficient for your sins.

If you are secure in your relationship with Him, take the Gospel out to this lost and dying world that they might know and believe.

In Christ,
Jefferson A. Sweet

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