BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD, EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH

CANDIDATES OF HIS KINGDOM:
IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE.
IN THE LIFE OF EVERY BELIEVER, THERE WILL BE A MOMENT OF UNPLEASANT AND UNFAVORABLE HAPPENINGS]
SO IT WAS THEN, AND SO IT IS NOW, AND SO IT WILL FOREVER BE TILL JESUS COMES.
THE RICH AND POWERFUL ALSO HAVE THEIR SHARE OF UNPLEASANT MOMENTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT MONEY CAN NOT SOLVE.
NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING OR WILL BE. ONLY GOD ALMIGHTY KNOWS WHAT IS IN STORE FOR EVERY LIVING SOUL
EVEN AT A CERTAIN POINT, A PROPHET OF THE LIVING GOD SAYS, “GOD DID NOT SHOW IT TO ME.” [2 KINGS 4:-27]
WHEN THE UNEXPECTED COMES, A BELIEVER NEEDS TO BE REMINDED THAT JEHOVAH GOD IS IN CONTROL, HE IS FAITHFUL AND TRUSTWORTHY, EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS OUT OF CONTROL GOD IS ALWAYS THERE TO CUSHION OR SOFTEN THE EFFECTS OF THE IMPACTS OF OUR SUFFERINGS AND STRENGTHEN US. [1 CORINTHIANS, 10:-13]
YOUR TRUST IN THE LORD AS A BELIEVER, DETERMINES THE STRENGTH OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND FORMS.
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST NEVER PROMISED BELIEVERS OF HIS FOLLOWERS A TRIAL AND TRIBULATION-FREE LIFE, BUT HE DID PROMISE NOT TO LEAVE OR FORSAKE THOSE WHO TRUSTED HIM IN THEIR DIFFICULT TIMES.
WE KNOW, IN ALL THINGS, GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. [ROMANS, 8:-28]
IF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS BASED ONLY ON MATERIAL WEALTH AND GOD’S FAVOR WITHOUT SEEKING FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN WE ARE NOT OF CHRIST. [MATTHEW, 6:-33]
IN CONCLUSION: “BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO PERSEVERES UNDER TRIALS BECAUSE, HAVING STOOD THE TEST, THAT PERSON WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE THAT THE LORD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” [JAMES, 1:-12]