Open Heaven 19 August 2022
MEMORISE: “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” – (Matthew 24:13)
BIBLE READING: Revelation 3:11-13 (KJV)
11 I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown.
12 He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it or go out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of heaven, and My own new name.
13 He who can hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
Read yesterday’s Open Heaven Devotional here
There is no medal for starting the race – it comes when you finish it. If you drop out of the race and God chooses someone else to finish it for you, the fellow will get all your medals. In the name of Jesus, nobody else will get the crown that I have been working for in the Kingdom of God all these years. I want to say like Paul: I have finished my race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7).
I heard a story about fifty Christians who were being tortured by soldiers. The soldiers took the Christians to a very cold lake, stripped them naked and told them to get into the water. The soldiers then made a big bonfire beside the lake. They told the Christians that whenever any of them was ready to deny Jesus, they could come out of the lake and warm themselves by the fire. The Christians resisted and at some point, they were close to death. Suddenly, fifty angels appeared with crowns in their hands and they were moving towards these Christians in the lake. The Christians could not see them. It was at that point that one of the Christians thought he could no longer resist the cold so he denied Jesus and, as he was coming out of the lake, the angel who brought his crown was about to turn back to heaven when one of the soldiers who had seen the angel turning back put off his own clothes and jumped into the lake, thereby claiming the crown that the other fellow had lost. I tell you my brethren from the depth of my heart, hold fast to the end so that no one else would take your crown.
PRAYER POINT: Hold fast to the end so that no one else would take your crown.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 50 – 54
Thank you for studying today’s Open Heaven – Letter to the Philadelphian Church II – written by Pastor Enoch A.
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Open Heaven 19 August 2022
