John 1:10-11: Jesus was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. A fifth characteristic of the true servant of Christhe possesses a continuing and undying faith in our victorious Lord Christ. Romans 6: 10-23 Or whether we die or whether we live, we are with Him [1 Thessalonians 4:15-17]. And you cannot enter heaven loving the wrong world. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. As we begin the New Year, I felt compelled to preach a series that deals with the foundational element of our faith the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Irenaeus tells the story that on one occasion when Polycarp came face-to-face with the gnostic heretic Marcion, Marcion asked, Do you recognize me? to which Polycarp responded, I do, indeed. approved we fear repudiation, censure, 2. That means we are never turning back. Suffering is suffering. Holiness. William Akehurst HSWC Selfishness prevents people from being faithful. . Never. WebClosed with a few words from Revelation chapter 2, including the line, "be faithful unto death." Do you need to come to Jesus right now? Title: The Face of Faithfulness: John Methodist. Sometimes people do. This is the pastor bringing the message entitled Faithful Unto Death. Number one pray for the persecuted Church. He knew what it was to face external temptation when that suffering came. Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Three Important Looks Or Paul's Last Testimony. Jesus does not offer a rebuke to Smyrna. If they were faithful to the end, surely we can be as well. We could put it like this death comes to us all, heaven does not. Jesus knows. 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. King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Revelation 2:10 Context 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. As your mind scans His life from the wilderness temptations to the last agonizing utterance from the cross, He is observed to be faithful. It had a fierce loyalty to the Caesar, to the Emperor. Knowing that we are not facing these exact circumstances, and we can be thankful for it, what does this mean for us? 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. Say away with the atheist.. 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]. This is a study of the book of Genesis. But from salvation to glory there are three vitally important way stations that become a part of our pilgrimage. And he was invited to preach before the king, King George III, in 1780. That number of about 0.8% of Christians throughout history, in fact, has been constant over many centuries. Its called the Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians. Faithfulness means you keep bearing witness to Jesus. But from salvation to glory there are three vitally important He knew they would experience difficult times in their lives. John 12:42-43 writes: Among the chief rulers, many believed on Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than they loved the praise of God.. We must If only everyone could live knowing deeply this one true fact. Would it be murder, rape, spouse abuse, adultery, theft, gambling, or perhaps lying? Friends. False doctrine leads many astray. But, if in a household there was a slave, and when time came, when that seventh year came and the slave was freeif he so loved his master or she so loved her mistress, that he did not want to leave, then they went through this kind of a simple ritual. Youre faithful. So if we have a late date for Revelation around 90 A.D., then this is some 65 years later, not that long. . Certainly Christians in many places are relatively free from that threat, but at all times there will be part of the Church that will be called upon to make the good confession in the midst of danger, hostility, and death. The seven marks of a true disciple of Jesus: Now, the last one, the seventh one, the marks of a true disciple of Jesus: he is committed to a belief in another worldliving, working, looking forward to another world. Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! Our Lord, before it comes to pass, we praise Thy wonderful, keeping, saving, endearing name for all You have done for us; died to save us [1 Corinthians 15:3], poured out Thy blood to wash us clean and white [Revelation 1:5, 5:9], that we might stand in the presence of God forgiven [Jude 1:24]. We all love to be acclaimed. Each sermon has to do with our Christian life down here in the earth. 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. He lived, he died, he's alive. For Jesus sake we pray. Deuteronomy 2:1-15, Denomination: Yes, death is an enemy, and we mourn for death. As we remember the words of Scripture, we will be able to fight off temptation and thus remain faithful. Let me finish, then, where we started. 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. It is interesting to note the things Jesus DID NOT say to them on how to overcome. 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. 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. If youre faithful unto death, you will get the crown of life. But from salvation to glory there are three vitally important "way stations" that are a part of our Christian pilgrimage. 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. However fate or providence may assail us, our commitment to our Lord is, first, and supreme. ON POINT, I There was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in me sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up (1 Ki. We have to remember the reality to come which will last forever and the reality that exists now. 1 John 5: 13-21 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. 8:14). As we apply this standard, our views on many things undergo a radical change. But to be repudiated and to be censored and to be disliked is a terrible thing to bear. Losing focus of whats important in life prevents people from being faithful. He comes with comfort, and notice He comes with commands. You can understand how this might happen. Our reward is not here, it is there [Matthew 5:12]. Any Amazon link on this site is an ad. All of us do. You dont doubt His goodness. . I started with the story of Polycarp. 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4 The Basis of the Gospel He was arrested by Herod when Philip of Tralles was high priest, during the proconsulship of Statius Quadratus, but while Jesus Christ was reigning as King forever. He stayed there in that tiny church over fifty years; their pastor over fifty years. 4:2). They were poor, but rich in what really matters. They worship every now and then but not with any kind of regularity. It may be in your classroom, when they think that all your beliefs make you a bigot. Matthew 16:24-25: If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. Hezekiah held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments (2 Ki. Repent. We 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 is born of God. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another [1 John 4:11]. This letter reported this man was certainly one of the elect. But from salvation to glory there are three vitally important It continues to the last stitch. 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. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.. Clearly gathering in this place were not, were not living under the Taliban. Wed be fooling ourselves to make any sort of comparison. When the crowd learned that it would not be possible to set a lion loose, thats what they called for, then they shouted for him to be burned alive. And a man who preaches the word of the Lord is someone people love to listen to. Amen.. Individuals become Christians and know the truth, but they have a friend who attends a denominational church, so they attend every now and then, and before they know it, they believe what that church teaches. For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person (Ps. WebIts a very tender and touching sceneone of the most moving and heartwarming farewell speeches thats ever been recorded in literature. Rev James Porter Be Thou Faithful Unto Death Supreme love for Jesus our Lord(Luke 14:25-26), A. 1 Cor 15:14 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 I would never think to say, Away with the atheists. I would Would I stand fast? We will suffer. This is the one, verse 8, The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. It is in the transcendence of God that His eminence is so much comfort. The LORD preserves the faithful (Ps. We live, we die, we live again. Theres nothing that says we cant pray for it to be removed. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faithFor by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. 2 Timothy 4:6-8, Denomination: In a different context, James says, Elijah was a man with a nature like ours (Js. We, too, can lose focus of whats important in life. We know what the commentator says, and we know what the politician says, and we know what the philosopher says, and we know what the academician says. THREE IMPORTANT LOOKS OR PAUL'S LAST TESTIMONY That was the comfort for the church at Smyrna. And the world passeth away . [He] went inside the house and sat down and wrote what I think is the most preciously beautiful hymn in the English language. This sermon was originally preached by Dr. Justin Imel, Sr., at the Alum Creek church of Christ in Alum Creek, West Virginia. In the little city of Bethany, they plotted His death. 31:23). 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. To Smyrna, the challenge is one of keep on keeping on or continue to do what you are already doing. It is like manna from heaven to a hungry heart. If I could digress here a minute and make a humble and humble observation: Next anniversary, I begin my fortieth year as pastor of this dear churchforty years, beginning. It was a difficult situation. In many parts of the West, though not facing yet death, are facing increasing hostility and discrimination, not the likes of which our brothers and sisters may see in Afghanistan or North Korea or parts of northern Africa, but yet facing opposition, persecution. This is the apocalypse revelation written down by John, who was a Jew, so we ought not take this to be some sort of anti-Jewish polemic. But what our Lord refers to is, compared to our love for Himour supreme devotion to Himall other love for wife, child, home, brother, sisters, all other love, compared to our love for Christ is as hate; our supreme love for Christ. Certain things I try to pray for each day, certain things I try to pray for on a day of the week, and persecuted church is one of those. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. by choice to our Lord and Master forever, 1. In Matthew 16:3 Jesus uses it describing the face of a sky before a violent storm. Or it could refer to a garland, a victors crown. We do not have a more beautiful or meaningful invitational hymn than this: Though no one go with me, I still will follow. Once they become a Christians, they begin visiting the sick and shut-in but its just too much trouble so they quit. Will you be willing to be faithful when youre misunderstood as a Christian? We lament death. For the white city thats soon coming down. The Lord said, if we are faithful unto death, He would give us a CROWN OF LIFE. Come. That was Smyrna in 155 or 156 A.D. But listen to the heroes of the faith. 1 Corinthians 15:1-58, Denomination: Almost half of those were murdered, starved, died in prison camps in the Soviet Union. Which naturally leads to the second command, at the end of verse 10 Be faithful unto death. All England came to know him. And of those 8 billion Christians in the 2000 years since Christ, even nominally Christian, about 70 million have been martyred by one definition or another, a little less than 1%. 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. Often looking with no purpose. We dare not just go through the motions without loving God with all our heart. read more, Scripture: [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. Faith, trust, commitment brings God into our lives and into our scene; and faith knows absolutely nothing about defeat. Thats the promise in verse 11. He dressed like a Tory schoolmaster. But faith has ten thousand answers for every how. I have never heard an exception to this in my life, and it is always false, it is always untrue. I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. A sixth characteristic of the true disciple of Christ: a fervent love for the people of God. He knows your broken heart in a way that no one else does. 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. Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight. We always face death as Christians remembering that our God has promised us a resurrection. 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. However, to sin is an everyday reality of truth---a reality of faith. That is the mark of a disciple of Christ. 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. In fact, Polycarp was a disciple of John, who wrote this book of Revelation. 15:58). Smyrna was a very pro-Rome city. Faithfulness is full time until the end of time. For almost 300 years Smyrna had a close connection with Rome. But look at Jesus (John 1:10-11, Mark 5:40, 3 Tests Of Plagiarism: Do Your Sermons Pass Them. We can remember the love that God has for us. 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. I absolutely love how the story ends. How do you respond when you are living your best, walking by faith, serving God and the bottom falls out? But in particular it blames some of the Jews. 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. What youre about to suffer need not be fearful. 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. So some of the Jews no longer had qualms about revering Caesar along with the Old Testament God, as is often the pressure to syncretism. I recognize the first born of Satan. So he didnt mess around. After their conversion, they stop using alcohol but after a while they begin using it again. The real hero is not he who makes the fastest schedule but he who lasts the longest. We dont have a weak God. But notice who this Jesus is. Genesis 50:1-26, Denomination: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is Come. It is a message to Be faithful until death.. THE CHURCH THAT WOULD NOT SURRENDER II Timothy 4:6-8 Paul was looking with We would like if He had said, Do not fear because you wont suffer. I would much prefer that. And if the challenge in Ephesus was lovelessness, here it is the hatred of those who do not love Christ, or love the truth. 15, 16), VI. You have no picture of what actually that word describes at all in He was sad at that saying. The word is stugnaz. Hes telling us from Gods Holy Scriptures about our Lord. read more, Scripture: When and the rich young ruler(Mark 10:21-22, Matthew In Jesus we pray. Our home is not here, it is there [John 14:1-3; Reveltion 21:1-5]. Lets pray. In fact, as I said last week, the two most struggling churches, the ones facing the greatest weaknesses, at least in an earthly sense, Philadelphia and Smyrna, are the ones about whom Jesus has nothing but good to say: I know your tribulation and your poverty. Putting this altogether, you can understand why in some parts of the Empire it was the Jews who sometimes instigated this persecution against the Christians. 2:20). 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. 1 2 3 4 Next He did NOT say, If you are faithful a few short years I will give thee a Church Of God, Joshua 2:1-15 THE GREAT ESCAPE Intro: Ill. When the spies arrived in Jericho, they entered into what everyone thought was a harlot's house. Title: Death of two great patriarchs Yet Paul told Timothy that anyone who desires to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. No one is agathai but One, that is, God [Mark 10:18]. read more. Some believe godly living, great faith and positive thinking will exempt them from trials. Matthew 9:24, Luke 8:53), 2. 6:9). 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. But when that acclamation and acceptance violates our commitment to Christ, it is to be repudiated by the disciple of our Lord. WebTo know Me is to have life! Christ delivered man out of death to the promise of the gift of eternal life yet man thinking he is in the perfection of God's love, sins. WebFeaturing a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter. Pentecostal. Theme: Show the faith of these two great patriarchs. Listening to a man expound the unsearchable riches of the Word of God. He motioned toward them with his hand and then groaning as he looked up to heaven said, Away with the atheists. Meaning the atheists. One, starting with Nero, Christians were blamed for things in Rome and were being persecuted, at least intermittently. Which leads to a second point of application. Number one let us pray for the persecuted church. I. 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. But to be left out like a lone, lost black sheep is to be hurt and the child is a thousand times sensitive to it. The Importance of Christs Resurrection When I was a youth growing up, Clarence Darrow, the great agnostic and atheist, literally covered the horizon in the legal profession. Its marking out the date and time of his death. Where is your? Yes, death is an enemy for sure, but there is a worse enemy. And thank Thee, Lord, for each soul You give us, in Thy precious name, amen. 1 John 5:16-18, ON POINT, III They are clear and unequivocal; the first one is this: supreme love for Jesus our Lord. 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.. A study of Johns presence at the cross will help us in the pursuit of faithfulness. It has never happened in the history of the world. We are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul (Heb. 14:14). The things of this world prevent people from being faithful. Revile Christ. This was typical Roman procedure. And I wonder if those of you this morning who are facing uncertain times, facing hardships, illness, chronic problems, test results, wayward family members Can you hear this comfort? It was the first city, in fact, in the ancient world, to build a temple in honor of Rome. It would take maybe a half hour to read. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. This is the second of seven messages to seven churches. We dont want to exaggerate it, we dont want to claim that were facing what other people are facing. The text is taken out of our Lords message to the church in Smyrna [Revelation 2:8-11]. However, when they entered Rahab's house, they found a woman who had already been touched by the Spirit and You couldnt help but know a man like that. Since we know that God will richly reward us, we should be faithful. 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. Will you praise Him in pain? Psychologist Then finally, number three let us remember death is not the enemy. But we also know that suffering brings with it many temptations. 12:1). And unbelief will ask, How can such a thing be? Amen. And the Lord, looking deep in the soul of the young fellow, said to him, Your heart is in the world. 1: 5). You dont forget His promise. That is what the Bible said about Jesus: Jesus, looking upon him, loved him [Mark 10:21]. Would to God we had ten thousand lives to offer to Jesus. I would love to be a professor of English literature. It had been for a long time. Then, they feel they dont need God, because theyve succeeded in life. So the men prepared the pyre and stripped Polycarp of his clothes, and as they were about to nail him to the stake, Polycarp interrupted. We all love to be accepted. While we sing our appeal a thousand times welcome, come. 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. But here in the second half of the first century, several things had happened to make this situation untenable. The connection of this passage will help us to understand its meaning. But after thirty-nine years, standing here in this pulpit, there are thousands and thousands who come every Lords day listening to what? So many fall away because they are selfish-they dont care what God says theyre going to do what they want to do. Some of you will be thrown into prison for a time. 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. Polycarp was born in A.D. 69, so just before the destruction of Jerusalem and the fall of the Temple, well within the lifespan of some who would have been eyewitnesses to Christ and his work. Romans 6:10-23, Denomination: If there was a crime worthy of death, what would it be? Suppose I were to stand in this pulpitI majored in English in college, and I love English literature. WebUnto death! Genesis and Revelation are two of the most disputed books in the Bible. heroes of the faith(Hebrews 11:9-10, 16), 1. As we think of Gods love, what could we do but be faithful? Believed and confessed they were strangers and pilgrims in this earth(Revelation 21:2). Were at 7, 8 now? God(John 8:31-32, 14:23-24), A. (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 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. View all Sermons Faithful Unto Death Series Contributed by Allen James on Sep 29, 2011 (message contributor) (rate this sermon) | 6,507 views Scripture: 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. Thats loving Jesus. Revelation chapter 2, verses 8 through 11. 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