“Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life…
He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.”
-REVELATION 2:10,11
The
Crown of Life comes to those who lose their life daily in order to gain
His Life daily. Overcomers cannot be hurt by death because they have
already died – not once, but thousands of times: taking up the Cross
daily, denying Self, and following the Lord. Thus, the highest call is
not to lay down our physical life as a martyr, but to lay down our Self
life as a disciple.
We
can
lay down our physical life in an instant, but to take up the Cross daily
is the truest test, and much more difficult. It requires us to be
“faithful unto death.” This is the secret of the Overcomers.
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