Ending the New Testament... This might be a little more spread out. It was after midnight when we got to his part and I was having a little difficulty focusing!
This is NOT a complete outline. Some of this stuff might
not make sense in this context. These are just PIECES of the outline
and study that I underlined and thought were good!
Satan's strategies to stop the church ultimately serve to spread the church.
They believed in the power of the gospel of God.
Proclamation of the gospel will always be challenged in this world.
Proclamation of the gospel will always be costly in your life.
Are you willing to go wherever He leads?
Are you willing to give whatever He asks?
Are you willing to sacrifice everything to finish the assignment He gives?
Proclamations of the gospel will always necessitate confidence in God's sovereignty.
Christ suffered to accomplish salvation.
We suffer to spread salvation.
The Reward of Suffering...
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw taht the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. Hebrews 11:23-26
Will we embrace our comfort, or will we embrace the cross?
Let's go with Jesus to the...
Dirty places
Despised places.
Dangerous places.
Will we live for pleasure in this world or paradise in the world to come?
The best earthly security is ultimately insecure.
The bottom line: It's worth it!
We learn to live for His reward.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12
Faith that perseveres is prayerful in sorrow.
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently taht it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. James 5:13-18
Jesus deserves ultimate praise.
And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you ahve made them a kingdom and priests to our God and they shall reign on the earth." Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering a myraid of myraids and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might honor and glory and blessing!" And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying" To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!" And the four living creatures said, "Amen!" and the elders fell down and worshiped. Revelation 5: 81-14
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