6 Sep 2012
I John 2:28
I John 2:28: “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.”
Who is going to be ashamed before Him at His coming? Those Christians who have been living sinful, carnal lives, confident that He was not going to appear anytime soon. They will be caught off-guard when He comes back. At that moment they will realize what they have done and they will be greatly ashamed. They will be caught red-handed, so to speak.
John is warning us ahead of time that we need to be prepared: we ought to abide in Jesus and seek holiness, so that when He appears we will not be caught doing shameful and wicked things. After all, once Jesus returns it will be far too late to change.
There is a very simple rule here: don’t do anything that you wouldn’t want Jesus to catch you doing when He returns. Live your life as if God was watching you, because – guess what? – God is watching you. There are believers who will be greatly ashamed when Jesus comes back, as they look at their lives in utter horror. You don’t have to be one of them.