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Acts 1:9-11

            When Christ  was taken up into heaven the eleven were steadfastly looking toward heaven as He went up. Then two angels appear and let it be known that “This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into Heaven.”  Then they went on. They went on in one accord in prayer and supplication. (Acts 1:14) The rest of the story  is what we are interested in. Looking up is what we are to do with out lives. (Col. 3:1-4)

Christ came to earth to bring grace and truth. (John 1:17) He went home to prepare a place for us, baptized believers. (John 14:1-4)  He is coming back. (Acts 1:11, John 14:3-4, Col.3:4)  Now what? I don’t think we realize this next concept much in our everyday life. There is a life to be lived in between our time of cleansing and our resurrection, or death. For some it could be a day, for others a life time. Sometimes I wonder If God’s children come to worship “looking up” to God and when Christ doesn’t come back they go back to their everyday lives, unchanged. That is not what we see in scripture. In fact, those that have believed and are baptized have work. A work that was set aside for us from the beginning. (Eph. 2:8-10)

The work is supposed to fill our time, lives. This work is what is supposed to be done from the time of our cleansing to our resurrection, or death.  Our mind is set on Godly things. We are to be thinking like He thinks. What does God think? God desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth (1 Tim. 2:4). We are saved when we come up out of the waters of baptism. (Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:1-4: 1 Pet. 3:20-21: Rev. 1:5)  We will not be saved if we do not stay faithful. (Rev. 2:10) God desires all men to come to the knowledge of truth. The truth is what Christ taught, the apostles continued teaching, and what is written down for us. (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:42; 2 Thess.2:15; 2 Tim.3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1 :20-21) That is our job. Obey and spread the word!

When we seek to be about those two things we then begin to walk as Christ walked. (Luke 19:10, 1 John 2:6) Our lives become engulfed in Christ and the Word. Obey and spread the word is easily said. It will take a life time to carry out. Let our lives be lived “looking up” to God as we await His return, or our time in Abrahams bosom.

Live Looking Up!

 

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