"Salvation is by grace through faith in Christ (Eph. 2:8-10)! It is not our work; it is God's work. Therefore, it will produce in believers obedience and perseverance according to the Scriptures."
Sean Michael Morris·Jan 9, 2024·Updated Aug 19, 2026
"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee acrown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death."— Revelation 2:10-11
A true testimony of salvation will harmonize with the testimony of Holy Scripture. It is our responsibility to examine ourselves to make sure that our definition of Christianity is biblical Salvation is by grace through faith in Christ It is not ourwork; it is God'swork. Therefore, it will produce in believers obedience and perseverance according to the Scriptures. This is a matter of life and death.
The Crown of Life:
The Second Death:
Evidently, the “crown of life” is only given to those who are “faithful unto death” Accordingly, it was written, “he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved” The trial is necessary There are winners and losers. You are going to have to fight for it if you are going to win it This was the perspective of the Apostle Paul concerning the “incorruptible” crown that he desired to win
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
— 1 Cor. 9:24-27
The “crown of life” is the only means to escape “the second death” In other words, the crown of life is a “crown of righteousness” It is a “crown of glory” Literally, this crown is only given to those who are deemed worthy to be called the children of God Why? Because the crown symbolizes an inheritance of the Kingdom of God
As sons and daughters, Christians are heirs of God, and therefore a part of our inheritance is to become Kings and Queens under Christ This isn’t a figure of speech. This inheritance includes “thrones” and “power over the nations” to “rule them with a rod of iron” Each designated territory of rule during the Millennial Reign will differ according to the faithfulness of each saint during their pilgrimage on earth
At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Jesus Christ appears in the eastern sky and gathers the saints “in the twinkling of an eye.” As divine wrath descends and the nations muster against the Lamb, the word is fulfilled: “all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him.”
The Sword of the LORD is coming, and it’s not what you think (Hab. 1:5-10). You don’t want to be stabbed, cut, and hewn by this sword (Hos. 6:5)! If the Christ of God does brandish the sword
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the House of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
God is going to regather and restore the Jews to Jerusalem for the commencement of the Millennial Reign in the aftermath of the 2nd Advent War. It is then that the surviving Kings and Queens of the earth will come
Sodom & Gomorrah became Hell on earth! The same kind of fire that is eternally burning in Hell was employed by God to consume “the Cities of the Plain” in the days of Abraham & Lot (Gen. 13:12,19:25,29).
A great host will be gathered for the occasion, the likes of which the world has never seen! The reason for the gathering is clearly stated: the armies of the world are gathering to “make war” against the Lord (Rev. 17:14,19:19).
