*THE LAMP DEVOTION* *THURSDAY DECEMBER 9* *HOLD FAST TO | THE LAMP📖

*THE LAMP DEVOTION*

*THURSDAY DECEMBER 9*

*HOLD FAST TO WHAT YOU HAVE*

*Matthew 24:9-13*

_9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved_

The notice of Jesus’ Second coming is more than 2000 years ago. We know that because Jesus Himself told His disciples He would come again. It is not an idea someone wrote. It is not an interpretation the writers of the gospel gave to something they heard. Jesus went ahead to even tell some of the things that will happen in the world ahead of His coming.

The number of years this promise has taken does not mean it is not going to happen. Play back to the promise of the Seed of the woman coming to crush the head of the serpent. That took way more than the 2000 years. When the fullness of the time came, Jesus appeared on the earth to fulfill that promise.

Do not let any post-modern thinker, or any humanist or any of such persons argue with you concerning this reality that will hit the world. Jesus even said it would happen as in the days of Noah - suddenly. It means that we all have the responsibility to keep this promise alive in our hearts and let that influence our thinking and behavior.
Today we are exhorted to hold fast to this faith amid all the mental, emotional and physical persecutions of the devil and evil men, because Jesus is faithful and has power to do what He says.

*Prayer*
1. Thank God for the assurance of coming back to the earth to take us home.
2. Pray that your faith will be strong against all odds confronting you in this life.
3. Father, please breathe afresh on me power from on high to hold on to Christ.

*Declarations*
I affirm my faith in the second coming of Jesus Christ. Jesus has power to do what He promises. No man or devil can change God’s timetable and eventual plan for humanity. I therefore hold fast to my faith in Christ. No amount of persecution will make me shift my position. I look forward to Jesus’ coming and in this I purify my life in the name of Jesus.
 
*Author:Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams.*

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