“”He who overcomes shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be My son. “But the cowardly, unbelievers, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Revelation 21: 7-8 (New King James Version)
He who ? Overcomes ! We read in 1 Corinthians 10 : 13, “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” . Going back to the book of Genesis, we read in Genesis 4:7 , “”If you do well, will you not be accepted ? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.””. We see Cain allowed other things to influence his heart and his decisions thereafter causing his offering to not be respected by God. And God warned him. See , sin is just waiting at the door…looking for that tiny crack to seep through. Sin’s very desire is toward you and I. And God has commanded that we should rule over sin ! There is no temptation that can overtake us , for God is faithful. He makes a way of escape and He gives us the strength to overcome. All it takes is submission to Him.
And he who overcomes shall inherit all things ! Wow ! Imagine spending eternity with our God and we being His children.
Two things that I would like to share regarding the second verse this morning is the cowardly and all liars.
When we stand for our God , we will not bow down before any idol of any form. An idol can be the so called gods of this world , it can be whatever has taken priority in your life over God. No idol worship in any form. When we stand for our God we will never deny His name. We read in Matthew 10 :32-33 , “”Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before MY father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My father who is in heaven.”. There will come circumstances that will cause you to stand up and say , “ Sorry I cannot do this because I serve Jesus Christ my God and Savior” . I pray that we do so and do not become cowardly and deny Him.
When we say that we are Christians , when we say that Jesus Christ is Lord of our lives, then people around us know it. Now when we carry the banner of Christ , then we ought to live lives that are testimonial.
If we say , “Yes I believe in Christ” and then go about taking bribes , indulging in sexual immorality , living lives that are displeasing in His sight … we are liars. We carry the word of God in our hands and if we allow those very same hands to be part of the sinful ways of the world we are liars. When we say we believe in Christ as our Lord and Savior then everything about us needs to show that. We cannot say one thing and then live a life that’s a total contradiction to it. I pray that we may not be found liars. Verse 8, “ But the cowardly, unbelievers, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. “
We read in Revelation 22 : 7 , “”Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.””. The time is near. He is coming quickly . We see the angel telling John in Revelation 22: 10 , “And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.”
The time is at hand.
God Bless
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