The real hero is not he who makes the fastest schedule but he who lasts the longest. 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.. The master of the house was to take an awl, a punch, and pierce the ear of the slave and drive it against the wall, against the door of the house; a sign and a symbol that this slave was driven to the loving service of his master forever [Deuteronomy 15:16-17]. And yet, my God, keep me from turning back. The reason our adolescents, our young people, fall into, say, drugs, or into drinking, or into a thousand compromising positions, is because of peer pressure. Listen to what it says: Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the first part of the month Xanthicus, seven days before the Kalends of March, on a great Sabbath, about 2 oclock in the afternoon. When our Lord was on the way to Jerusalem to die, in Perea on the other side of Jordan, He was met, accosted in a town over there by a rich young ruler [Mark 10:17-22]. That is the mark of a disciple of Christ. I read in the Book of Hebrews beginning at the eleventh chapter beginning at verse 9: By faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange countryFor he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. A long time ago, in the 1700s in a little town in Yorkshire, a county in northern England, there was a very, very poor family. But why do you delay? 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]. 1 Corinthians 15:1-58, Denomination:
by choice to our Lord and Master forever, 1. Its been translated into English. Currently 160,000 Christians, by one estimate, are martyred every year. [John 13:34-35, 15:12-13, 15:7; 1 John 3:14, 4:7, 4:11, 4:21], Great Doctrines of the Bible: Practical Theology, And an unswerving continuance in the Word of God, A continuing living faith in a victorious Christ, And the last one that I mentioned: a devout, fervent love for Gods people. But when that acclamation and acceptance violates our commitment to Christ, it is to be repudiated by the disciple of our Lord. It is in riches. Probably dates to around 108 A.D., that is shortly after the death of Ignatius. The word staphanos, Stephen, means crown. And when the Lord says, be thou faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life, it could be a diadem, a royal crown. Father in heaven, our prayer is simple. They assume they will go to heaven. The Lord never said that to him. More were killed by other religious groups, and far and away, most of those Christian martyrs were killed by the state, some 55 million out of those 70 million. Now, before I mention the last one may I recapitulate? Give us ears, give us courage, no matter the time, no matter the opposition, no matter the circumstances. But as Polycarp entered the stadium, there came a voice from heaven: Be strong, Polycarp, and courageous. Or some translations, be strong and play the man. And no one saw the speaker, but those of our people who were present heard the voice and then, as he was brought forward, there was a great uproar when they heard that Polycarp had been arrested. Some believe godly living, great faith and positive thinking will exempt them from trials. We have been encouraged and greatly challenged in our personal walk with the Lord.
[Luke 9:62]: No one, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.. And Nathan Hale volunteered as a spy to bring back the needed information. We, too, can lose focus of whats important in life. Now even saying it that way can make us nervous, is this anti-Semitism? And the Lord noticed it.
He was soon to dieto be rejected [Mark 10:32-34]. The things of this world prevent people from being faithful. We lament death. Let me finish, then, where we started. 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. The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways (Prov. Now may I give, point out a poignant illustration of that in the Word of God? Pray for the persecuted church. UNTO DEATH THE MARKS OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN, I. Listening to a man expound the unsearchable riches of the Word of God. Or it could refer to a garland, a victors crown. Many people have is just the opposite. Matthew 10:38: He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me. And Matthew 16:24: If any one will come after Me, let him . 2:4). and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Heb. He motioned toward them with his hand and then groaning as he looked up to heaven said, Away with the atheists. Meaning the atheists. And as a youth, I read The Story of My Life by Clarence Darrow. Where, O death, is your victory? We dont have a small Christ who is coming and just saying, Oh, I will shed a tear for you. No, this is the One who is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. The Word of God tells us to have compassion for our brothers and sisters who are facing difficulty and prison and opposition, and some will even pay the ultimate price of martyrdom. And that leads them into all kinds of things that break the hearts of their parents. Hes telling us from Gods Holy Scriptures about our Lord. We fail to put God first in our lives-we dont base all our decisions based on what he would want, we neglect to mention the Gospel to our family and friends. Especially and particularly is that true with our young people. This is the pastor bringing the message entitled Faithful Unto Death. Please, sir, your Majesty, said the pastor, could you grant pardon to the boy? He did it. And they had a little boy born to the home and they named him JohnJohn Fawcett. We all love to be praised.
living faith, consumed with one desire to please Him(John 12:42-43), 1. Suppose I were to stand in this pulpitI majored in English in college, and I love English literature. It is called a martyr church. The third characteristicchoosing deliberately the cross, crucifying ourselves and every worldly desire that we have, that we might love God. The text is taken out of our Lords message to the church in Smyrna [Revelation 2:8-11]. read more, Scripture:
Continuing with our series through the seven letters to the seven churches, this morning to the church in Smyrna. Hymn, I Have Decided to Follow Jesus, C. Faith 2:20). Matthew 9:24, Luke 8:53), 2. And that is our invitation to you: a family gathering the children coming to be with us in our pilgrimage to heaven, a couple you, or a one somebody you, Pastor, today we have decided for God, and here we stand. As the Spirit shall press the appeal to your heart, that decision you make, if it is for God, will be the sweetest and most meaningful you will ever know in your life. That is the child of God. A third characteristic of the true child of Christ: we are one who has deliberately chosen the cross. Selfishness prevents people from being faithful. Indeed, the devil will throw some of He died and He came to life, therefore whatever happens to you, Christian, whatever befalls you, Smyrna, whatever happens among you, Christ Covenant, know that Im the beginning and the end, and even if you die for your faith, listen to the One who died and came to life. 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. But after thirty-nine years, standing here in this pulpit, there are thousands and thousands who come every Lords day listening to what? 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. Sometimes people do. That was the comfort for the church at Smyrna. Thats a great man, a marvelous man; thats Gods man. He lived, he died, he's alive.
We dont want to exaggerate it, we dont want to claim that were facing what other people are facing. Give to Him life, home, family, business He will give it back to you Never. There will be a temptation to want to raise your flag as well and say, Here I am, you can count on me. Or to wear the sort of clothes that everyone would wear. Hold fast to what you have, that no one may take your crown (Rev. read more, Scripture:
Three points of application. Jesus told the church in Smyrna, "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life" (Revelation 2:10, KJV). 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. Baptist. Revelation chapter 2, beginning at verse 8. And he gave his life to be a Baptist preacher, John Fawcett. However, many Christians are not as faithful as they need to be in their service to God. Because the one who overcomes this present, temporary, fleeting pain will not be pained by the second and everlasting death. You dont reject your Savior. Thats the cry in each one of these churches. That grace, should that come, and for most of us, maybe all of us, it wont come like that, but when the opposition comes, when the moment comes at your workplace, youre going to go along with this program or who knows what happens to your job. 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. William Akehurst HSWC As we apply this standard, our views on many things undergo a radical change.
Suffering. Why didnt the Lord say that to the family at Bethanyto Lazarus and Mary and Martha? He wants to be associated with them. If I live, bless God, it is to love Him. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions [Matthew 19:21-22; Mark 10:21, 22]. EASTER SUNDAY 2014 SERMON However, to sin is an everyday reality of truth---a reality of faith. 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. It is like water to a thirsting soul. They will be subtle, but they will be there. Because when the Lord looked into the heart of that rich, young ruler, he loved things more than he loved God [Matthew 19:21-22; Mark 10:21-22]. I dont invite it. Elishas dedication to Elijah might
Remember Jesus says those who utter all kinds of false things about you, who slander you, that, too, is a kind of persecution and we ought to pray that we will not grow spiritually flabby as a church should we be called upon to face persecution. They worship every now and then but not with any kind of regularity. It is interesting to note the things Jesus DID NOT say to them on how to overcome. And that leads me to the exact title of the sermon today, the seven characteristics of a disciple of our Lord, the seven marks of a true Christian. take up his cross, and follow Me. The cross is an instrument of death.
On this He bases His judgments. After several months of study we have come to the concluding passage of 1st John. 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.. And Jesus is waiting for the day of our coming. and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Fathers which sent Me. Any true disciple of our Lord has a deep, haunting, never-sated thirst for the word of God. But here God says dont be surprised, dont, when it comes, do not think God is against you. Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4 Text: 8 "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: "The First and the Last, the One who was dead and came to life, says: 9 I know your tribulation and poverty, yet you are rich. 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. Verse 10: Do not fear what you are about to suffer. having been freed(Deuteronomy 15:12-18), B. So we dont have to long for it and want it. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. 5:14)-Just as Christs love compelled Paul to evangelize, it should compel us to live holy lives. Heres the mayor, heres the governor, heres the president. All seven of the churches of Asia have some castigation from our Lord except this church. There are absolutes in the Christian life. What youre about to suffer need not be fearful. It had a fierce loyalty to the Caesar, to the Emperor. False doctrine leads many astray. 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 Jesus will be there with you. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. 2:10). The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. This is the second of seven messages to seven churches. You dont forget His promise. Death has no power over anyone who is in me! Thats why Jesus is able to say in verse 10, Be faithful unto death, and I will give you Your browser does not support the audio tag. WebSermon Series: RevelationSermon Title: The Church of Smyrna: Be Faithful Unto DeathScripture Text: Revelation 2:8-11Speaker: Rev. Speaking of winning the lost, Paul says, The love of Christ compels us (2 Cor. (Revelation 2:8-11) And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are
And you cannot enter heaven loving the wrong world. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.. Of those 36 billion who have lived in the past 2000 years, by a very generous estimate, 12 billion were evangelized, had some access to the Gospel.
For almost 300 years Smyrna had a close connection with Rome. The Pharisees did that (Matt. Jesus is not going to lose. 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. Not only that, but to receive from Jesus this comfort, its not simply the comfort of a really good friend who can put an arm around you or a counselor or a therapist or a pastor who can listen to you say and say, I feel so bad for you.. 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
Given Theres nothing that says we cant pray for it to be removed. 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. 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. They could offer sacrifices in honor of the emperors, not as gods but as rulers. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. However, when they entered Rahab's house, they found a woman who had already been touched by the Spirit and
We can remember the benefits of remaining faithful. Theme: Show the faith of these two great patriarchs. If there was a crime worthy of death, what would it be? Of course it does. King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Revelation 2:10 Context The second characteristic and mark of a faithful Christian: the denial of self. But as long as I listen and bow before self, my life is shriveled and small.
So many fall away because they are selfish-they dont care what God says theyre going to do what they want to do. read more, Scripture:
An unswerving continuance in the Word of 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. read more, Scripture:
They werent so much concerned that the Christians were going to overthrow the Empire, but they thought this, This is a bad look for Rome. That is a big number. All of us do. Are you faithful? That is an extreme and harsh word taken in itself. But I do not have a child and I am old and my wife is old. And thank Thee, Lord, for each soul You give us, in Thy precious name, amen. Committed to a belief in another world(Colossians 3:2, 1 Corinthians 15:19), A. Clarence All England came to know him. In Jesus we pray. The apostle John writes in 1 John 2:15-17: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. You have no picture of what actually that word describes at all in He was sad at that saying. The word is stugnaz. The church in Smyrna was a church of paradoxes. Ritual of piercing the ear of a slave who refuses to leave his master after Then finally, number three let us remember death is not the enemy. FAITHFUL EVEN UNTO DEATH II Kings 2:1-12 For the child of God, heaven is our ultimate destination. 3 attributes we find in Pauls heart: 1. Faithfulness in the midst of persecution doesnt mean you just grin and bear it, you suppress it, you pretend like it doesnt hurt. read more, Scripture:
May I turn to 1 John 3:14? He literally opens up his heart and lets us look inside. Lets get a sense of that words meaning in
We would like if He had said, Do not fear because you wont suffer. I would much prefer that. will tell you one of the driving forces in human life is to be accepted, While we stand and while we pray. Polycarp by all accounts was a venerable man, highly respected for his holiness and orthodoxy. The Bible tells us that there is a sin that leads unto death - one single sin - and it might not be what we expect. Faithfulness. Amen.. Would I run away? His face beneath the cross is the face of faithfulness. We dare not just go through the motions without loving God with all our heart.
Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. The most remarkable Polycarp, who proved to be an apostolic and prophetic teacher in our own time, bishop of the catholic church, meaning the orthodox, universal church in Smyrna. For me I have it written down. My fortieth year as a pastor still preaching the Word, V. A continuing living faith in Christ, A. You read these stories of the martyrs and even allowing that perhaps the Church spoke at times with some exaggerated spirituality, maybe, yet we believe that its historically true and happened and happened much like that. Instead of worshipping as they should, they play golf on Sunday mornings or they go the race track or they go fishing. 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. He was called to be pastor of a little church in a little town in Yorkshire called Wainsgate.
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. And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. There was
In the little city of Bethany, they plotted His death. . 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he
Not some physical anguish or personal disappointment, 2. Not only is there no evidence of immortality, but the facts show it is utterly impossible for us that there should be a life beyond this one on earth. Thats what they say, the unbeliever and the infidel and the agnostic. John 8:31, 32: If you continue in My word, then are you My disciples indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 14:23-24: If any one love Me, he will keep My words . Methodist. Our inheritance is not here, it is there [1 Peter 1:4-5]. Can you imagine after forty years the people here by the thousands listening to me lecture on mathematics or science or literature or the humanities? Nathan Hale entered Yale University as a ministerial student studying to be a preacher. And after he began his preachingafter he was a preacher, he was wonderfully converted. The first death is not avoidable. Paul wrote along similar lines "I have fought the Lets peer inside Pauls heart, and see whats in there. But in 1776, he joined the Revolutionary Army. And He uses the word stugnaz, translated lowering, the sky is stugnaz, it is lowering. INTRODUCTION: Just looking in department stores. 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. False doctrine prevents people from being faithful. This lesson examines the Rev. Believing it possible that through Christ we may live in the required manner, that we may avoid sin--desist from sinning--give it up and abandon it altogether, and put it forever away.
The Bible discusses faithfulness as being much more than worshipping God. Dont think youre the only one to whom injustice has ever happened.
But notice who this Jesus is. Text: Genesis 49:28-50 I trust everyone understands the significance of the Gospel in relation to salvation in Christ. It is a great vast city, today called Izmir. You cannot fail in Godnever, ever, ever. Number two let us be faithful even in our limited kinds of persecution. But in particular it blames some of the Jews. WebUnto death! I recognize the first born of Satan. So he didnt mess around. There was a price on the head of our Lord. 119:11). FAITHFUL EVEN UNTO DEATH Or suppose I were to stand here, and if I were trained to be a scientist; suppose I were to lecture on science three times every week? 5-12-03 But from salvation to glory there are three vitally important Jesus knows.
A. Its the basic foundation of the Christian faith it is fundamental 21:25). read more, Scripture:
Those who seem to be strong in the faith prove to not have been in the faith. Yet Paul told Timothy that anyone who desires to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 1 John 5: 13-21 . Our resurrection is dependent on his resurrection- Paul said Why didnt the Lord say that to Joseph of Arimathea, who is described in the Bible as a rich man? 2:10 states, Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. There are too many professing Christians which the Lord cannot depend upon. It was the first city, in fact, in the ancient world, to build a temple in honor of Rome. After their conversion, they stop using alcohol but after a while they begin using it again. 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 days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. The Resurrection of Jesus says it all. There is one surviving document we know that came from Polycarp. Do not be afraid. It had been for a long time. I would never think to say, Away with the atheists. I would Would I stand fast? Now the next verse: And God counted his faith for righteousness, because he believed in the Lord [Genesis 16:6]. A pathway deliberately chosen death to the deepest desires of the flesh, These things I command you, that you love one another [John 15:17]. 6:4 ), in which he is to set aside those things of his old way of life ( 2 Cor. Truly, temptations----works of the devil challenge our daily thoughts and decisions. Genesis and Revelation are two of the most disputed books in the Bible. Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world (2 Tim. Its important to remember what happened after the Resurrection! But faith has ten thousand answers for every how. It is required in stewards that one be found faithful (1 Cor. WebBe faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. And God said, Abraham, come here. Isaiah 38:1-8, James 1:2-4, 1 John 5:14-15, 1 Peter 3:12, Denomination:
a man loves the world and the things that are in it, he will find his hands After the resurrection Some of those Christians have been killed by other Christians. Hebrews 9:24-27. today we want to focus our attention on John. . That may sound daunting. FAITHFUL James 1:12: Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trail for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him. We dont want to make the mistake of saying that just because one worships three times a week every week he is faithful. The author of Hebrews had just finished writing about great men and women of faith-He wrote about how they obeyed God out of their faith. And it happens. Friends. John 1:10-11: Jesus was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. 5:17)-His point is that Elijah was a human being just like everyone else, yet his prayers accomplished much. In broad, open daylight where everyone could see, he knelt down before the Lord, the Prophet from Nazareth saying, Agathai didaskai [Mark 10:17]. Youre faithful. And in the second chapter of the Book of the Revelation, in the tenth verse, in the address of our Lord to the church, He says, be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life [Revelation 2:10]. WebIts a very tender and touching sceneone of the most moving and heartwarming farewell speeches thats ever been recorded in literature. And the world passeth away . Job said, My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go (Job 27:6). Maybe take a half hour to read it. If they die faithfully, they get a crown of life. We are called to be a people of the Gospel; the Gospel must be central to our lives. 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 Paul said, None of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself so that I may finish my race with joy (Acts 20:24). Smyrna was a very pro-Rome city. Clearly gathering in this place were not, were not living under the Taliban. Luke 14:25 and 26: And there went great multitudes with Him: and He turned, and said unto them, If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, his wife, and children, his brothers, and sisters, and yea, his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. John 15:12-13: This is My commandment, That you love one another . And this allowed the Jews and the Romans to coexist. love for Him so great, any other in comparison is as hate, B. A week every week he is faithful which he is to set aside things. Had a close connection with Rome his prayers accomplished much Gospel ; Gospel. 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