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“If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us” (2 Timothy 2:12).
This is a very encouraging verse, but also a very serious one. The Lord Jesus suffered for us on the cross, so that we would never have to bear the judgment for our sins. But the Christian pathway in this world is often connected with suffering, and this verse reminds us that we will suffer in this world, and be rejected, just as the Lord Jesus was rejected. But once again, it will be worth it all, for when He comes back to reign over this earth, we will reign with Him.
However, there are those who will not accept Christ as Savior because it will mean a life of suffering in this world. In this way they deny Him, and refuse to come to Him. But how sad! In a coming day, He also will have to deny them. It will be an awful thing to find that the Lord Jesus cannot bless those who will not come to Him and be saved. They will have to endure an eternity of misery in hell. Are you saved?
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