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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Release of the Material Creation, #5
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. (Revelation 2:23)
The nonovercomer, continued:
Will be rewarded according to his evil works (Revelation 2:23).
Will not be given power over the nations (Revelation 2:26).
Will not be given the morning star (Revelation 2:28).
Will have Christ come upon him as a thief (Revelation 3:3).
Will not walk with Christ in white (Revelation 3:4).
Will not be clothed in white raiment; will have his name blotted out of the Book of Life; will not have his name confessed before Christ's Father or before the Father's angels (Revelation 3:5).
Will not be kept (guarded) from the hour of temptation (Revelation 3:10).
Will not be made a pillar in the temple of Christ's God; will not have written on him the name of Christ's God, or the name of the city of Christ's God, or the new name of Christ (Revelation 3:12).
Will be vomited out of Christ's mouth (Revelation 3:16).
Will continue to be poor, and blind, and naked (Revelation 3:17,18).
Will not have Christ enter him nor dine with him nor he with Christ (Revelation 3:20).
Will not sit with Christ in His throne (Revelation 3:21).
Will not inherit all things; will not have God be his God, and will not be God's son (Revelation 21:7).
How much of the above proves to be true of an individual nonovercomer depends on the judgment of Christ when the believer stands before His Judgment Seat (or even today!).
The wise person will keep in mind that Christ is a judge, the Scriptures are a book of law, and by inference and direct statement it is possible that a nonovercomer may experience every one of these penalties—including the loss of his very salvation. The maximum penalty always is possible in a court of law, and to Christ alone remains the decision. God has assigned the authority of judgment to Him.
The goodness of God has been emphasized in our day, but not His severity. We are ignorant of spiritual realities!
Given the description of the Christian Church as the unblemished Bride of the Lamb, and considering the spiritual condition of those who do not overcome, we have arrived at the conclusion that it is the overcomers who make up, at least in the present hour, the true Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We cannot state what the destiny of any particular nonovercomer will be. But the Christian should be warned the New Testament has much to say that is cause for terror, with respect to the future state of the member of the Lord's elect who neglects the salvation that has been offered to him.
All the spiritual benefits we associate with the Church, the Body of Christ, are set forth in the New Testament as the reward for overcoming. God is establishing a ruling priesthood that will bring release and joy to the entire material creation. The Christian who does not pay attention to the lessons of overcoming, who does not respond to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in overcoming sin and self-will, is as salt that has lost its flavor. He is of no use to God or man. He will be cut out of the Vine, out of the Church, out of the Body of Christ.
To be continued.