Dr. Michael Yusef emphasizes the importance of living with expectancy of the Lord's return, citing the Bible's teachings on the signs of the nearness of the return of the Lord, including a rapid increase in population, unprecedented accumulation of knowledge, increase in wickedness, mockery of the preaching of the truth, and self-indulgence. He encourages believers to be busy, serving faithfully, giving generously, and witnessing intensely, and to not be afraid of the day of judgment, but to live with joyful anticipation of the coming of the Lord.
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