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Victory is Assured, December 13
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.
Revelation 3:21
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The true Witness presents encouragements to all who are seeking to
walk in the path of humble obedience, through faith in His name. He
declares, “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.”
These are the words of our Substitute and Surety. He who is the divine
Head of the church, the mightiest of conquerors, would point His followers
to His life, His toils, His self-denials, His struggles and sufferings, through
contempt, through rejection, ridicule, scorn, insult, mockery, falsehood,
up the path of Calvary to the scene of the crucifixion, that they might be
encouraged to press on toward the mark for the prize and reward of the
overcomer. Victory is assured through faith and obedience.
Let us make an application of the words of Christ to our own individual
cases. Are we poor, and blind, and wretched, and miserable? Then let us
seek the gold and white raiment that He offers. The work of overcoming
is not restricted to the age of the martyrs. The conflict is for us in these
days of subtle temptation to worldliness, to self-security, to indulgence of
pride, covetousness, false doctrines, and immorality of life.
We can overcome. Yes; fully, entirely. Jesus died to make a way of
escape for us, that we might overcome every fault, resist every temptation,
and sit down at last with Him in His throne.
We have no discouraging message for the church. Although reproofs
and cautions and corrections have been made, yet the church has stood as
God’s instrumentality to diffuse light. The commandment-keeping people
of God have sounded forth a warning to the world.... The church of God
is a living witness, a continual testimony, to convince men if accepted, to
condemn them if resisted and rejected.
The church must and will shine forth “fair as the moon, clear as the
sun, and terrible as an army with banners.”
Song of Solomon 6:10
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