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J. Cumming, D. D. Matthew 24:44 Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. I. WHAT ARE WE TO BE READY FOR? To be ready to leave all that is about us and all that belongs to us, however cherished. 1. To be ready to leave this world, with all its cares, its troubles, and anxieties, for a better. 2. To be willing to be rid of many things that now burden us, and that every Christian more or less feebly desires to be rid of: sin, sorrow, sickness, appetites, disquiet, etc. 3. To be ready to stand at the judgment-seat of Christ. How do you expect to appear there? II. WHY WE ARE TO BE READY. 1. It is Christ's command. Surely that is enough. 2. He who commands is competent to say what the readiness consists in. It is not what we think, nor what the minister prescribes, nor what custom says; but what Christ has inspired in His own holy word. Faith in Christ, etc. 3. He has promised to make us ready. He is the author first, and the finisher next, of our faith. 4. Why is it so important to be ready? We are to see the Son of God, etc. 5. Such readiness will not interfere with the duties of this world. (J. Cumming, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. WEB: Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.