act 01v11
"WHY
STAND YE GAZING UP INTO HEAVEN?" Acts
Our Lord had plainly told
his disciples to stay in
I spent five years "studying theology" in
two of our nations leading Bible Colleges, and about all we did was "gaze
into heaven". Semester after semester was spent trying to unravel the
visions of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation; but, never, not even one time, in
five years did I hear a professor answer such fundamental, essential questions
as these: "How can a man be just with God?". "How can he be
clean that is born of woman?" "How can God be just and yet justify
the ungodly?"
Be
assured, our Lord is coming again. At the time appointed Christ will appear in
power and great glory. But no man knows, or can know when that time is. God has
not given us one shred of information to indicate when Christ will come,
because he does not intend for us to know. Only fools pry into those things
which God has kept secret. It is our responsibility, not to speculate about
when Christ will come, but to faithfully preach the gospel of his grace,
serving the interests of his kingdom and seeking his glory, with hearts full of
expectation. It is our business to be about our Master's business.
"Why stand, ye gazing up into heaven?" Are
there no needy ones for you to help? Are there no hungry ones for you to feed?
Are there no sick ones for you to visit? Are there no sinners perishing for
lack of knowledge? Go and do as the Lord has commanded you, until he comes to
take you home. Let us be found in the place God has appointed, doing the work
which God has appointed for us, in that
hour which God has appointed, when our Lord shall appear.