to those who desire to be servants of Christ now, and to receive His “well done” hereafter.
IF you have been truly converted to God seek to begin and continue as Saul of Tarsus did. Immediately he heard the voice from heaven saying to him “I am Jesus” he answered, trembling, “LORD, what wilt Thou have me to do?” It was a good beginning; well will it be for you, if you also receive your commission from above and if all your faith and service be learned from the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise unto salvation. We live in a day in which the Scriptures are questioned and discredited; let them be to you the more sure word of prophecy “whereunto ye do well that ye take heed” (2 Peter 1:19-21).
Should there be a reader of this page who is not assured as to his own standing before God, will he read and ponder Romans 3:10-26, and when he can praise God who has justified him “freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,” let him pass on to Romans 5:1-11, and rejoice in “the love of God, shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost given unto us.”
The servant of Christ is exhorted to be
1. “Strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”
2. To endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, not entangling himself with the affairs of this life.
3. To strive for masteries lawfully.
4. To be a husbandman laboring.
5. To preach the word, to watch, to endure.
6. To do the work of an evangelist.
7. To make full proof of his ministry, remembering that in the last days perilous times shall come; indeed, we may say without fear of contradiction, have come.
May it be yours to fight a good fight, to finish your course, to keep the faith, and at the end to hear from the lips of your Lord and Master, “Well done, good and faithful servant... enter thou into the joy of thy Lord” (Matt. 25:21).
Crowns await those who are true to Him today―
For steadfastness, The crown of life (James 1:12; Rev. 2:10).
For faithfulness, The crown of righteousness. (2 Tim. 4:8).
For self control, The crown incorruptible. (1 Cor. 9:25).
For winning souls, The crown of rejoicing. (1 Thess. 2:19).
For feeding the flock of God, The crown of glory. (1 Peter 5:4).
Your joy in that day will be great indeed, but His, who in all things shall have the pre-eminence, shall be the greater.
J. R.