Note.—Some are very anxious that God should hear them when they pray, but are quite indifferent as to what He says in reply.
10. How may we escape the evils coming on the world?
“Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Luke 21:36.
Note.—Vigilance, as well as prayer, is necessary if we would escape the evils, delusions, and calamities of the last days.
11. What will be the result of not watching?
“But and if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.” Luke 12:45, 46.
12. What will Christ's servants be doing when He comes?
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.” Verses 35-37.
13. How general is the command to watch?
“And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.” Mark 13:37.