Fri.-Sabbath, 12/14-16/18 Devotion

Praise the Lord—it is almost Sunday! In order to help get us ready for church, here is Thomas Watson, from his, "The Ten Commandments" book:

"Each Sabbath [Sunday] may be the last we shall ever keep. We may go from the place of hearing to the place of judging—and shall not we give reverend attention to the word? If we thought, when we come into God's house, 'Per-haps this will be the last time that ever God will counsel me about my soul'; and before another sermon death's alarm will sound in my ears—with what attention and devotion should we feel, and our affections would be all on fire in hearing!

"You must give an account for every sermon you hear. 'Give an account of your stewardship,' (Lk. 16:2). So will God say, 'Give an account of your hear-ing. Have you been affected with the word? Have you profited by it?' How can we give a good account, if we have been distracted in hearing, and have not taken notice of what has been said to us? The Judge to whom we must give an account is God."