The Scripture says, [to] "redeem . . . the time, because the days are evil" from Ephesians 5:16. For "today is the day of salvation" it also declares! Think About That!

A Devotional Thought for March 19, 2025

From the Pen of John Bunyan

Author of Pilgrim's Progress

"The Time is at Hand"!

“. . . the day of Christ is at hand” 2 Thessalonians 2: 2 (KJV).

[One] . . . reason why those that fear God should so manage their time and work for God in this world: That they may not have [some] part to do when they should be departing this life. It is, because loitering in your work does as much as in it lies, defer, and holds back the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They are not all yet come to the knowledge of the Son of God, “to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4: 8-13). That is: To the complete making up of his body, for as Peter said: “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). And so, . . . to the complete performance of all their duty and work they have [done] for God in this world. And I say, the faster the work of conversion, repentance, faith, self-denial, and the rest of the Christian duties are performed by the saints in their day; the more they make way for the coming of the Lord from heaven. Wherefore Peter again said, “Seeing then that” we look for such things, “what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for, and hasting unto,” [And],. . . “hasting the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat” (2 Peter 3: 11 & 12). When the bride [the Church] hath made herself ready, “the marriage of the Lamb is come” (Revelation 19:7).

This is a selection from my most recently released book, Daily Readings (from) John Bunyan. Published by Christian Focus Press.

Cover shot of my most recent book release.