Date: Monday, 26th February, 2024
Text: Revelation 2-3
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
In his letters to the Seven Churches in Asia Minor, namely, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and the Laodicean Churches (located in the modern day Turkey); Jesus made seven prophetic promises to all believers who overcome sin and its worldly passions.
Firstly, he said, “To him who overcomes (by active faith in Christ) I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God”- Rev. 2:7
Secondly, “He who overcomes (by active faith in Christ) shall not be hurt by the second death (Lake of Fire)” Rev. 2:11
Thirdly, “To him who overcomes (by active faith in Christ), I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” Rev 2:17a
Fourthly, “And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’— as I also have received from My Father; and I will give him the morning star”- Rev 2:26-28.
Fifthly, “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels”- Rev. 3:5
Sixthly, Jesus Christ said, “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name”- Rev 3:12.
Lastly, the Lord promised, “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne”- Rev 3:21
The small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble. For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
May you overcome in Jesus name.
Prayer Nugget: Father, help me to endure to the very end and be counted worthy to reign with you eternally in Jesus name.