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XVIII.
The Kingdom Restored
Chapter 194
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Promises to the Overcomer
1. WHAT are we
admonished to overcome?
"Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good."
Rom. 12:21.
NOTE.-In John 5:4 that which we are to
overcome is called "the world;" and in 1
John 2:15-17 the things of which "the world
" consists are described as "the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eye, and the
pride of life."
2. What only can
overcome the world?
"For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world." 1 John 5:4.
3. What gives us the
victory in our conflict with the world?
"And this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith."
Same verse.
4. What promises are
made by Christ to the overcomer?
(a) "To him that overcometh will I
give to eat of the tree of life, which is
in the midst of the paradise of God." Rev. 2:7.
(b) "He that overcometh shall not be hurt of
the second
death." Verse 11.
(c) "To him that overcometh will I give
to
eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a
white stone, and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth saving he that
receiveth it." Verse 17.
(d) "He that overcometh, and keepeth My works
unto the end, to him will I give power over
the nations: and he shall rule them with a
rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall
they be broken to shivers: even as I received of
My Father. And I will give him the morning
star ." Verses 26-28.
(e) "He that overcometh, the same shall be
clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot
out his name out of the book of life, but I
will confess his name before My Father, and
before His angels." Rev. 3:5.
(f) "Him that overcometh will I
make a pillar
in the temple of My God, and he shall go no
more out: and I will write upon him the name
of My God, and the name of the city of My God,
which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of
heaven from My God: and I Will write upon him My new name." Verse 12.
(g) "To him that overcometh will I grant to
sit with Me in My throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with My Father in His
throne." Verse 21.
5. In what one promise
are all these promises summed up?
"He that overcometh shall inherit
all things; and I will be his God, and he
shall be My son." Rev. 21:7.
NOTE.-Here are the exceeding great and
precious promises to the overcomer, eight in
number. They embrace everything,- eternal
life, health, happiness, and an everlasting
home. What more could be asked?
IN
heaven there will be no parting, no pain to
bear;
No care-worn brow, no sigh, no silvery hair;
No death to snatch our loved ones from our side,
No angry waves, no sea, no treacherous tide.
In
heaven there'll be no thirst, no cry for bread;
No soul who knows not where to lay his head;
No one to feel the winter's chilling blast,
For there the piercing storms will all be past.
In
heaven there'll be no toil without repay;
No building for a brief, ephemeral day;
For all the joys that prophets old have told
'Twill take the endless ages to unfold.
In
heaven there'll be no weary pilgrim band;
No seekers for a better, fairer land;
For all who reach that blissful, happy shore,
Will never cry nor sigh, nor wish for more. |
