be faithful unto death sermon

And yet, my God, keep me from turning back. The second death is. Nathan Hale entered Yale University as a ministerial student studying to be a preacher. ( Rev. That may sound daunting. FAITHFUL You cannot help but admire this young man. But interestingly, Revelation here doesnt blame the Romans for the persecution thats coming, though they could be the ones to mete it out, the executioners. The love of God is a powerful force in our efforts to be faithful. In the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy is one of the most unusual parabolic instances of devotion that you could ever think for or find in all literature. Poem, Would You hold fast Your Church around the world, facing so much more in opposition than we face, and when we are called upon to face whatever trials and difficulties, whether suffering at the hands of others or suffering from natural disasters and infirmity and the age of life, may we be faithful even unto death. They assume they will go to heaven. FAITHFUL EVEN UNTO DEATH II Kings 2:1-12 For the child of God, heaven is our ultimate destination. Faithfulness is required for all four quarters, all three periods, all nine innings. Amen.. It is required in stewards that one be found faithful (1 Cor. If youre faithful unto death, you will get the crown of life. It was a difficult situation. It continues to the last stitch. Listen to the words of our Lord in Luke 6:26: Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! We are not in this world to be acclaimed, we are to be true to our Lord, no matter what repudiation or scoffing or scorning. Inspirational devotions delivered right to your email inbox. repudiation of the world, a. Jesus A They worship every now and then but not with any kind of regularity. But whether it is a diadem or a garland, whether it is a royal crown or a victors crown, God says if we are faithful and true, at the end of the way He will reward us with a crown of life [Revelation 2:10]. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, It is an instrument of execution, and when I am invited to take up my cross, I am invited to die to myself that I might live to the Lord. You cannot fail in Godnever, ever, ever. In the little city of Bethany, they plotted His death. And when John Fawcett stood and preached before the king, the king was so moved he said to the preacher, Ask anything and I will give it to thee. And the wonderful preacher replied, Sir, I have nothing for myself, but one of my families has a boy, a wayward boy who faces the sentence of death for forgery, in the strict laws of that time. He told the disciples do not worry about what you will say in that day. If only everyone could live knowing deeply this one true fact. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of the world. A study of Johns presence at the cross will help us in the pursuit of faithfulness. Lets peer inside Pauls heart, and see whats in there. This was the problem with the Ephesian church-I have this against you, that you have left your first love (Rev. Every Christian wants to be able to say with the apostle Paul, as he thought about his own death ( 2 Tim. Remember Paul said to the letter in Romans that those are Jews truly who are ones inwardly, written on the heart. So this letter is saying these are not spiritual Jews as we would understand the people of God, but they are people who have stirred up trouble. Its a very human response to fear death. I have decided to follow Jesus, the characteristic of a true disciple of our Lord. The third thing that had happened is by the end of the first century, some Jews had compromised with Rome. Now you have it translated here, And he was sad at that saying [Mark 10:22]. To Him be the glory, honor, majesty, and eternal throne, from generation to generation. But if I abdicate the throne, and no longer is itself, but if I enthrone my Lord, life becomes infinitely blessed, infinitely precious, infinitely meaningful. Well, we are all like that. Come. The clouds are boiling and the face of the heaven is angry. I would love to be a professor of English literature. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me? There proconsul continue to press him to recant Christ and swear by Caesar and Polycarp refused. The things of this world prevent people from being faithful. You, too, can read that. There was a price on the head of our Lord. He motioned toward them with his hand and then groaning as he looked up to heaven said, Away with the atheists. Meaning the atheists. WebBe faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. WebFAITHFUL EVEN UNTO DEATH II Kings 2:1-12 For the child of God, heaven is our ultimate destination. If we are faithful, God will save us and glorify us in the life to come. It is a place on which somebody is executed, a cross. . In Matthew 16:3 Jesus uses it describing the face of a sky before a violent storm. It was a way for Rome to save, kind of save face and yet not have to go through this extermination of all the Jews, so well let them get by on a technicality. Those who seem to be strong in the faith prove to not have been in the faith. So he tells him, Swear by Caesar, or recant. So, what is this sin? On this He bases His judgments. King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Revelation 2:10 Context The Bible says that Zaccheus was a rich man [Luke 19:1-2]. Seeing that Polycarp was not being consumed by the fire, they then ordered an executioner to thrust him through with a dagger, and so finally Polycarp was dead.. That was Smyrna in 155 or 156 A.D. Later in the letter we read such is the story of blessed Polycarp, although he, together with those from Philadelphia, was the 12th person martyred in Smyrna, he alone is especially remembered by everyone so that he is spoken of everywhere, even by pagans. Why didnt the Lord say that to the family at Bethanyto Lazarus and Mary and Martha? II Timothy 4:6-8 Paul was looking with And He took him out under the chalice of the night sky and said, Abraham, count the stars. And Abraham said, Lord, I cannot count that many. And God said, So shall thy seed be [Genesis 15:3-5]. Its been translated into English. That is the mark of a disciple of Christ. The weakness of men, universally, is to please one another. Suffering is suffering. Thats loving Jesus. Of course it does. He knows the fear that you have. . Why didnt the Lord say that to Joseph of Arimathea, who is described in the Bible as a rich man? The Lord knows. May I turn to 1 John 3:14? They dont think anything of the second death, thats not a possibility, but maybe theres some way with the right potions and the right exercise and the right diet, I dont actually have to face my own mortality.. WebIts a very tender and touching sceneone of the most moving and heartwarming farewell speeches thats ever been recorded in literature. There are some men who are incorrect, who use that verse to say like this: Be faithful to your deathbed, and if you are, you will be saved. There is no thoughtthere is not an approach of a thought like that. This sermon was originally preached by Dr. Justin Imel, Sr., at the Alum Creek church of Christ in Alum Creek, West Virginia. deep, never sated thirst for the Word(Romans It may be in your classroom, when they think that all your beliefs make you a bigot. But as long as I listen and bow before self, my life is shriveled and small. I have never heard an exception to this in my life, and it is always false, it is always untrue. We dont want to exaggerate it, we dont want to claim that were facing what other people are facing. Number one pray for the persecuted Church. And anchoring every one of these commands, I said this to the leadership training on Friday night, theres a reason that chapters 4 and 5 come after chapter 2 and 3, because it is the vision of the One who sits on the throne that is the antidote for everything that challenges the churches in chapters 2 through 3. 31:23). As we apply this standard, our views on many things undergo a radical change. It is in riches. Picking things up after Polycarp has been arrested and hes being brought into the stadium in Smyrna. I absolutely love how the story ends. They could offer sacrifices in honor of the emperors, not as gods but as rulers. My fortieth year as a pastor still preaching the Word, V. A continuing living faith in Christ, A. Fawcett converted listening to George Whitefield preach, 1. We will suffer. The Bible discusses faithfulness as being much more than worshipping God. read more, Scripture: Suffering. Is God first in your life? They were hated, they were harassed, they faced the prospect of persecution and even death in this city of Smyrna. That sadly has happened. WebWe know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. [First John] 4:7, Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth self in my heart and enthrone the Lord Jesus, 1. Hold fast to what you have, that no one may take your crown (Rev. For almost 300 years Smyrna had a close connection with Rome. He said you can avoid that second hellish death and though you may face martyrdom, you can live a glorious, joyous life, because on the other side of the first death, is eternal life. In order to be faithful, we must put God first in our lives-You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind (Matt. but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. When a man loves the world and the things that are in the world, the day finally comes when he finds his hands empty and his heart broken. 1 John 5: 13-21 Hes telling us from Gods Holy Scriptures about our Lord. Dont think youre the only one to whom injustice has ever happened. We have to remember the reality to come which will last forever and the reality that exists now. Dr. Matthew Everhard Heres the mayor, heres the governor, heres the president. We come to see that the thing of value is not speed but endurance. In broad, open daylight where everyone could see, he knelt down before the Lord, the Prophet from Nazareth saying, Agathai didaskai [Mark 10:17]. Some put it much lower than that, if its actually killing you because you confess Christ, the higher number is if in some way the state has starvation or death or opposition to religious groups, including Christians. When we think of all Jesus endured to save our souls, how could we not be faithful? Money causes individuals to work long hours and thus neglect their families. However, many Christians are not as faithful as they need to be in their service to God. Just do the sacrifices, just do the ritual, and if you want to say youre doing it to the emperors as rulers, to honor them, and not as gods, then so be it. Remember, they considered the Christians to be atheists because they didnt have any statues, they didnt have idols. WebClosed with a few words from Revelation chapter 2, including the line, "be faithful unto death." I would never think to say, Away with the atheists. I would Would I stand fast? Web"Faithful unto Death" Sixth Sunday after Pentecost St. Mark 6:14-29 July 16, 2006 IN NOMINE JESU In the rite of Confirmation, the confirmands are reminded of what they have undergone, as the pastor states: You have been baptized and you have been taught the faith according to our Lord's bidding. And whenever you see a monument to Nathan Hale, you will find inscribed the last word that he said, I regret I have but one life to lose for my country. That is a little comparable patriotic devotion, like us in our supreme love for Christ. Colossians 3:2: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. First Corinthians 15:19: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.. In fact, this one disqualifying sin will exclude us from ever going to heaven and receiving eternal life. The one who overcomes, who conquers, will not be hurt by the second death, that is, the eternal punishment in the lake of fire. Or whether we die or whether we live, we are with Him [1 Thessalonians 4:15-17]. knows nothing about defeat (Romans 4:17-21, Genesis Hes already won. As the song says, Just one glimpse of him in glory will the toils of life repay. Surely, seeing Jesus face to face will be reward enough for our faithfulness. A fervent love for the people of God(John 13:34-35, 15:12-13, 17, 1 John 3:14, 4:7, 11), A. John Say away with the atheist.. will tell you one of the driving forces in human life is to be accepted, II Kings 2:1-12 They think theres a way to avoid death and they dont have to think because everyone just goes to heaven and consequently most people spend more time trying to avoid death than they do spending time preparing and making sure theyre on the path to heaven. So 36billion total. Matthew 16:24-25: If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. And our Lord may the flow of our lives be in praise, and in adoration, and worship, and in love for Thee, O blessed God, that as grace and mercy reached down even to me. Its marking out the date and time of his death. It was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David (1 Ki. It would be possible for one to worship weekly and yet be as unfaithful as one who seldom, if ever, attended. WebFaithfulness unto death is Gods standard for human life. Psychologist The text is taken out of our Lords message to the church in Smyrna [Revelation 2:8-11]. When the lad was thirteen years old, because of the poverty of the family, they sent him away to London; there apprenticed him to a tailorjust receiving something to eat and something to wear. Near the close of the previous chapter Paul had said," The law entered that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did much more Jesus calls us to overcome. But in particular it blames some of the Jews. We have been encouraged and greatly challenged in our personal walk with the Lord. empty and heart broken(1 John 2:15-17), IV. You have no picture of what actually that word describes at all in He was sad at that saying. The word is stugnaz. To us, we use the word cross to refer to some handicap or some suffering or some disappointment, I have an incorrigible child, an obstreperous child, and it is a cross for me to bear. Or, I have some physical ailment, I have a cross to bear. Or, I have a frustration or a disappointment in my life; it is my cross. There is no such idea of that in the Bible; in the Scriptures a cross is something to die on. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Jesus will be there with you. But when that acclamation and acceptance violates our commitment to Christ, it is to be repudiated by the disciple of our Lord. And if the challenge in Ephesus was lovelessness, here it is the hatred of those who do not love Christ, or love the truth. Or suppose I were to stand in this pulpit and lecture on the humanities, or any subject you would choose to name: philosophy, psychology, medicine, astronomy, anything. We can remember the love that God has for us. For the white city thats soon coming down. But look at Jesus (John 1:10-11, Mark 5:40, It may be in the workplace when you will not agree to do the advertising campaign they want to do, or the training that theyre making everyone do. Number one. He knew they would experience difficult times in their lives. Preacher, just stand up there and tell us what God says. Our inheritance is not here, it is there [1 Peter 1:4-5]. Paul wrote along similar lines "I have fought the All of us do. 15 Outstanding Quotes To Recharge Your Preaching. When Many of us would say that murder is worthy of the death penalty; and if any of us had a child that were raped, we would probably believe the person who You dont doubt His goodness. WebKing James Version 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten approved we fear repudiation, censure, 2. That was the comfort for the church at Smyrna. Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord (1 Cor. 22:37). Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! WebUnto death! And it is one of the seven churches of Asia [Revelation 2:1-3:22]: Ephesus, and then right north, Smyrna. Repent. B. take up his cross, and follow Me. The cross is an instrument of death. Be faithful even unto the point of death because brother, sister, friend, when youre faithful to the point of death for Jesus, you get a crown of life. You dont reject your Savior. Not some physical anguish or personal disappointment, 2. . I dont want it to come. Lets get a sense of that words meaning in Maybe take a half hour to read it. Now, before I speak of another, may I pause to avow; there is never, ever, a defeat, never in our commitment to our Lord. Jesus knows. And on the first anniversary of that wonderful experience, he wrote that marvelous hymn: [O for a Thousand Tongues, Charles Wesley]. A reference to the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Genesis, where Abraham came before God and said, Lord, You say that I am to have a child and then the seed that comes out of my body, my loins, the whole world is be blessed. We Christians must be faithful. New American Bible Do not be afraid of anything that you are going to suffer. If they overcome in the first death, they will not be hurt by the second death. Number two let us be faithful even in our limited kinds of persecution. And you cannot enter heaven loving the wrong world. 14:14). We read when the magistrate persisted and said, Swear the oath and I will release you. 21:25). A fifth characteristic of the true servant of Christhe possesses a continuing and undying faith in our victorious Lord Christ. The handles of my plow where tears are wet. Web10/ 9/ 94 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH REVELATION 2: 10 (PAGE 1785 COME ALIVE BIBLE) JESUS CHRIST is appropriately spoken of as "the faithful witness" (Rev. He lived to be 86 years old, and for the second half of his life he served as the bishop of Smyrna, which we just read is the second city in Revelation, today the modern city of Izmir in Turkey. He stayed there in that tiny church over fifty years; their pastor over fifty years. read more, Scripture: Its been translated into English. But from salvation to glory there are three vitally important way stations that a man loves the world and the things that are in it, he will find his hands We dont want to make the mistake of saying that just because one worships three times a week every week he is faithful. Faithfulness is full time until the end of time. This is the pastor bringing the message entitled Faithful Unto Death. Some of you will be thrown into prison for a time. Now even saying it that way can make us nervous, is this anti-Semitism? 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. There was Paul takes a look around as he gives his last testimony. Well be here listening. It is one of the truths of life. They were poor, but Jesus says, Youre rich. They were persecuted by Jews who Jesus says were not really Jews. They are all doing it. He said, Now if you want to learn the doctrine of Christianity, name a day and give me a hearing. The proconsul told Polycarp, No, persuade the people of your Christianity. Polycarp replied that he had been taught to respect the rulers and authorities and he would be happy to meet with the proconsul, but this was a lawless mob and he wasnt going to waste his time., So the proconsul said, I have wild beasts if you dont change your mind. Polycarp said, Call for them. The proconsul said, You will be consumed by the fire. Polycarp said, You threaten with a fire that burns only briefly and after just a little while is extinguished, for you are ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and eternal punishment, which is reserved for the ungodly. Whatever the church is facing, and here in Smyrna it was persecution, hatred, opposition, suffering, what they need to see more than anything is not a 12-step plan, not a 3 steps to their better life now, they need to know ultimate reality of the One who sits on the throne and they need to know the ultimate reality that will be theirs should they be faithful unto death. Well, Jesus said something about this. It may mean that you are faithful in the midst of opposition, when your own children make different choices, sad choices, sinful choices, and say that you dont love them and youre not loving if you wont affirm what theyre doing. In a different context, James says, Elijah was a man with a nature like ours (Js. Note: When doing a study on a book in the Bible you use a lot of resources. We can remember the things of God. So they didnt have the same protection. Theme: Show the faith of these two great patriarchs. We are given by choice, by volition, to our Lord and Master forever. Foursquare. If I die, praise His name, it is to be with Him. 11:4). Were at 7, 8 now? Often looking with no purpose. They believed the promises and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims in this earth [Hebrews 11:13]: Now, they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: And I turn the pages of the Book, And I John, saw that holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband [Revelation 21:2]. Title: The Face of Faithfulness: John And our Lord, bless these to whom the Holy Spirit makes appeal this morning; some to put their lives with us in the church, some to follow our blessed Lord Jesus in baptism [Matthew 3:13-17], some to accept Thee as Savior; bless each one. Each sermon has to do with our Christian life down here in the earth. In Mark 5, in Matthew 9, and Luke 8, they laughed Him to scorn at Capernaum [Mark 5:40; Matthew 9:24; Luke 8:53]. 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be faithful unto death sermon