IN THE FULNESS OF THE TIME (Part 1)
I suppose all of us know what it’s like to be late. Being late doesn’t seem to bother some people, but I really hate being late for anything. There are cultures, though, in which being late is the rule of the day. I’ve even heard that Pentecostal incorporate lateness as part of their theology. It has been said that Pentecostal believe in justification, regeneration and procrastination. I have certainly met some who are that way. Someone said that the reason the Lord hasn’t revealed the time of His Second Coming is that Pentecostal would be late. Most of us know about working under the constraint of deadlines, especially when some import event is involved. We all have timetables. But did you know that God also has a timetable? Sometimes our timetables are the same as His and sometime as His, but often they are not. We want God to act right now; when, in His wisdom, He chooses to delay for our good. But, my friends, it is absolutely true that God is never early and He’s never...