Crowns Being Prepared for the Faithful

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for October 28
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Crowns Being Prepared for the Faithful

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not
to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 2 Tim. 4:7,
8. 


When the Lord makes up His jewels, the true, the frank, the honest, will
be looked upon with pleasure. Angels are employed in making crowns for
such ones, and upon these star-gemmed crowns will be reflected, with
splendor, the light which radiates from the throne of God. 

Talk of heavenly things. Talk of Jesus, His loveliness and glory, and of
His undying love for you, and let your heart flow out in love and
gratitude to Him, who died to save you. O, get ready to meet your Lord
in peace. Those who are ready will soon receive an unfading crown of
life, and will dwell forever in the kingdom of God, with Christ, with
angels, and with those who have been redeemed by the precious blood of
Christ. 

A crown of glory . . . is laid up for us who wait, and love, and long
for, the appearing of the Savior. 

It is the waiting ones who are to be crowned with glory, honor, and
immortality. You need not talk . . . of the honors of the world, or the
praise of its great ones. They are all vanity. Let but the finger of God
touch them, and they would soon go back to dust again. I want honor that
is lasting, honor that is immortal, honor that will never perish; a
crown that is richer than any crown that ever decked the brow of a
monarch. 

In that day the redeemed will shine forth in the glory of the Father and
His Son. The angels of heaven, touching their golden harps, will welcome
the King, and those who are the trophies of His victory--those who have
been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. A song of triumph
will peal forth, filling all heaven. Christ has conquered. He enters the
heavenly courts accompanied by His redeemed ones, the witnesses that His
mission of suffering and self-sacrifice has not been in vain.

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