The believer’s readiness for Christ’s coming does not consist in special, meritoriously additional acts of fervour and zeal, but rather through the salvation that every sinner receives when he or she turns to Jesus Christ in saving faith. In other words, while believers look with dismay and anxiety over the world and its giddy blindness when judgment is coming soon, we may be certain of our own readiness right now. How? Simply by trusting in that same Lord Jesus, who is coming then, and who speaks to you now with the gospel offer of salvation. Believe in him, and you will be saved. Surrender your life to Jesus Christ. Give yourself to him and receive his saving work for yourself, and you can know that when he comes on that great day to come, it will not be for your judgment, but for the finality of the salvation that began at the moment of your belief.1
Richard D. Phillips
3 Quand les hommes diront: Paix et sûreté! alors une ruine soudaine les surprendra, comme les douleurs de l'enfantement surprennent la femme enceinte, et ils n'échapperont point.