Matt 5Summary: Sermon on the mount. Key ideas are to pursue righteousness, andthose who are persecuted for righteousness sake have the kingdom of heaven. Be meek, peacemakers, pure in heart, and the light of the world. Slow to anger and contention. Faithful to your spouse, even in your...
“‘There is henceforth laid up for me,’ he says, ‘a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day.’ Now, to whom should the righteous Judge award the crown, except to him on whom the merciful Father had bestowed grace? And how could the...
Crown of Righteousness Reaching Catholics with the True Gospel “Proclaiming the Gospel” Ministry with Mike Gendron My personal friend Mike Gendron was a Roman Catholic for 37 years who really fell hook, line and sinker for the false gospel of penance, mass, sacraments, etc. Praise the Lord ...
Here is my hope, joy, and comfort. God has a crown of eternal life waiting for me, not just me, but all those who love His appearing. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me...
(eternal covenant / eternal life). It was a symbol of truth and covenant, and it points toour responsibility in the New Testament to be salt in the world: to be antiseptic agents activating conviction and awareness of sin, and to create a thirst for God’s goodness and righteousness. ...
A.A. Hodge: Now, every Christian who really has experienced the grace of Christ must, unless very greatly prejudiced, recognize the fact that this work of sanctification is the end and the crown of the whole process of salvation. We insist upon and put forward distinctly the great doctrine ...
2 Tim. 4:8 – Paul’s description of a crown of righteousness is similar to Wisdom 5:16. Heb. 4:12 – Paul’s description of God’s word as a sword is similar to Wisdom 18:15. Heb. 11:5 – Enoch being taken up is also referenced in Wis 4:10 and Sir 44:16. See also 2 ...
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, Read Chapter All Versions Hebrews 12:2 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, sco...
2. Think of Abraham, the father of the chosen race. By faith Abraham obeyed' (Heb.11:7). When he had been forty years in this school of faith-obedience, God came to perfect his faith, and to crown it with His fullest blessing. Nothing could fit him for this but a crowning act of...
"Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy Crown" (Revelation 3:11).To our best understanding, the Apostle John-- our "brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ" (1:9)-- penned these words by ...