IS THE CHURCH (BRIDE) READY FOR JESUS' COMING?

The above picture is Nigeria’s Leader, President Goodluck E. Jonathan preparing to give out his daughter in marriage recently. This striking picture quickly reminds us that we (the Church) are also being prepared by God for the marriage feast in Heaven where we will be joined to our Groom (Jesus) never to part again. (Revelation 19 vs 7)

But there’s a problem! Unlike the picture above where the bride is ready for the marriage, the Church is not ready for the coming of the Groom (Jesus). Again, Jesus said He is coming to rapture a church without spots or wrinkles. In other words, our garments must be PURE WHITE!!! (Revelation 19 vs 8)

So what is distracting us from being ready? Well, let’s look at the scripture below:

            "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name

              of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. TEACH these new disciples to OBEY
              ALL THE COMMANDS I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you
              always even to the end of age." Mathew 28: 19-20.

 The above scripture is Jesus' instructions to His disciples and by extension, THE CHRUCH! We were mandated to go to the world and make disciples. And this mission requires committing ourselves TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY TO GOD. The Church today, unfortunately, has lost sight of this mandate given by our Lord Jesus and we have exchanged going out to make disciples with HAVING FUN IN CHURCH in the name of service and "POWER-PACKED PROGRAMMES". We take everything for granted and hence are not able to discern the devils crafty entrance into the Church. It really saddens me to observe that the Church has adopted the WORLD'S SYSTEM AND PREFERENCES so much so that though we claim to love Jesus in our songs and prayer, we are really far away from knowing Him.

This is simply because we have refused to OBEY HIS COMMANDS as stated in the above scripture.

 Friends, believe it or not, JESUS IS COMING SOON. When He comes, will He meet you ready like the five wise virgins or He’ll meet you unprepared like the five foolish ones. PLEASE, BE WISE!!!