Reading:
And
he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,
straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And
when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it
cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern
the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this
time? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge
ye not what is right?
Commentary:
Christ here warns all men to recognize the signs of
the times, and be forewarned. Judgment
Day could be today. While most men can
recognize a storm coming by certain patterns and behaviors in nature, so many
miss God's window of grace, wherein His saving Word comes to man that he might
repent and be saved in Christ. Though
Christ fulfilled all signs in His day, so all should recognize and see Him as
the Messiah, "He came unto His own, and His own received Him
not." Our lesson here is to not let
God's salvation pass us by, "Knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep:
for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed." Wherever
His Gospel Word is preached today, Jesus still comes with grace and mercy for
those who want to be forgiven. In the
Means of Grace He still comes to us bringing gifts. "Baptism doth also now save
us". "Given and shed for you
for the remission of sins."
"Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of
God." "The Words that I speak
unto you, they are Spirit and they are life." "He that believeth on Me hath
everlasting life."
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