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Heavenly Rewards: Part VI
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Dec 19, 2022
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me The Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. II Timothy 4:7,8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me The Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. II Timothy 4:7,8
The Crown of Righteousness is given to those, like Paul who have fought the devil for every inch of their faith in Christ and have run the race of eternal life keeping faith in the Lord Jesus and have finished their course!
In elementary school we ran relay races, what I imagine the eternal race looks like with everyone doing their part. Each one would have a baton and run their part of the race and then hand off to the next one. Ephesians speaks of every joint doing its part so that there is growth in the body.
I loved these races but there were a couple of times I was taken out, once I burned my knee on a camp out and the second, I had a bad motorcycle accident and was laid up for weeks! This is the good fight, you run, you fight, and you win! If the enemy knocks you down, you get back up and join your brothers and sisters in the race for life!
Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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