v. 1- Your reputation does not match your life. This is the same thing as hypocrisy. One of the greatest problems in the church, one of the most significant reasons why people avoid becoming Christians is because of hypocrisy. It is time that all Christians began living the way they say they do.
v. 2- "Wake up!" This indicates that even hypocrites are, or can be, Christians. It is not too late. It is time to begin working on the things that you have. Be faithful to God, completely.
v. 2- 'Strengthen what remains'- Although salvation is an act of grace and dependent only on the acts and work of God, there are things about the Christian life and experience that the individual believer is responsible for.
v.3- 'I will come like a thief.' The Christian must always be vigilant and prepared for any eventuality. The Christian life is a relationship that must continually grow or it will stagnate and die.
v. 4- Although there are many who are hypocrites, there are some who are not. In every congregation there is a 'remnant' who is faithful to God and his ways.
v' 5- Those who are faithful and endure, have the hope of eternal life and salvation with Christ.
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