Ready and happy when he comes

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And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.” (Luke 12:42-43, NASB)

People who do not believe that God has finished his atoning work and guarantees a safe arrival in glory will agitate for a host of things believers need to achieve in order to be ready when the Lord Christ comes in glory. This includes being sinless. Most Christians will tell you that they are trying to be without sin, and that they can achieve a sinless condition by avoiding sin, especially as sin is defined in the Sinai Covenant. They will never acknowledge five incontrovertible facts, and will never be happy and ready when the Lord comes.

Christ’s righteousness cannot be measured by check mark

  • Sinless status is achieved by God’s gift of pardon
  • The blood that makes sin remission possible was shed once for all
  • The Helper – the Holy Spirit – does not fail to guide into all truth
  • Since the Helper also seals the elect loss of eternal life is unconscionable
  • SINLESS STATUS is the same as RIGHTEOUSNESS, and an irrevocable gift, like the predestination, the call, the justification, the glorification.

Who dares bring a charge?

“Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.”

Romans 8:33-34

No one is justified on the basis of how many laws they have complied with. People are not justified because they complied with any set of moral or ritual demands. Let us face the fact that believers pass from judgment to life, and they cannot be the subject of an indictment because of the force of the justification.

“Ready when he comes” focuses on the way people relate to those in their care: giving (their peers and charges) rations at the proper time. This is the basis of the BLESSEDNESS in which that slave will be found when his master comes.” (Luke 12:42-43)