“Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
Revelation 2:10
In Revelation 2, Jesus is promising the crown of life to the Church at Smyrna if it would faithfully endure the persecution that it was undergoing. It is quite easy to see the same kind of persecution facing the church yet today in all different parts of the world. Yet, despite the sufferings and persecution of the church – there is nothing of more importance than the crown of life that is placed upon those who remain faithful and true!
Remaining faithful and true to God and His will is a difficult task. In fact, left alone with this task we would all fail miserably! So how do we receive the crown of life? How do we remain faithful unto death? Thanks be to God, for we are not left up to ourselves. We remain faithful by faith in the One who was faithful for us – Jesus Christ!
Jesus was faithful and true to God the Father’s perfect will – for us! Jesus lived the perfect life required by God’s Law. Jesus died as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. And Christ rose again victoriously to overcome sin, death, and the devil. Christ’s faithfulness is credited to us!
That good news helps us to treasure these words from Revelation 2:10 because we have the promise of the crown of life – not by what we do – but because Jesus was and is perfectly faithful for us!
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