Topic:Faithfulness Unto Death
Text: II Timothy 2:5-19

Faithfulness is an important quality of character, which God expects heaven bound saints to manifest. He expects you to remain faithful when others fail. These are perilous times. Many have denied the faith. Others have sold their souls for a morsel of bread. Compromise is the order of the day.

Against this backdrop, God is looking for faithful men and women. It is easy to be faithful when believers surround you. But what happens when you come under serious pressure to deny your faith? Will you anchor hold in the storms of life. Will you stand when those whose lives are characterized by profligacy, moral bankruptcy and worldliness surround you? Will you remain faithful until death?

These are questions you must answer. God is neither interested in your ability nor is He interested in your grammar. He is interested in your faithfulness. He desires faithfulness unto death. The Bible says: “Fear none of those things which thou suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life” Revelation 2:10). God places a high premium on faithfulness. He has reserved a crown for all faithful men and women.

This is why the Bible says: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their own lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:11). If you are not succeeding against the forces of darkness, it may mean that your life is still precious to you. Maybe you are yet to lay down your life completely. The moment you are ready to die for the cause of Christ. The devil will become afraid of you.

The Lord requires faithfulness unto death because every soldier is supposed to be a carbon copy of his Commander-in-Chief. I John 3:16 states this clearly: “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” The Commander-in-Chief laid down His life for us. We are to follow His example. We must be ready to lay down our lives for others.

Memory Verse I John 3:16 - “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”