The WORD Speaks for Itself! November 10,2024
“They Loved Not Their Lives”
Our sincere gratitude this Veterans Day to all those who have served our country, knowing that they might be called upon to give their lives for our freedom. Thank You,Veterans, for your service to America!
“They (the saints) overcame by the blood of The Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.” Revelation 12:11 (ESV)
The Words of JESUS… “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” Matthew 16:25 (NKJV)
“Most assuredly, I say to you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone: but if it dies, it produces much grain.” John 12:24 (NKJV)
“I AM the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep…I lay down My life for the sheep.” Jn. 10:11
The Words of the Apostle Paul… “For me to live is CHRIST and to DIE is gain.” Philippians 1:21(NIV)
“I count all things as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing CHRIST JESUS my LORD…that I may know HIM and the power of HIS RESURRECTION, and may share HIS sufferings, becoming like HIM in HIS DEATH, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.” Philippians 3:7-10
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with The LORD.” (KJV)
Note! The Apostle Paul’s great readiness to give his life, not only for Christ, but for The Church and his brethren.
Questions that call for an answer…
How much do we love our lives?
How much do we love CHRIST?
Would we be willing to die for HIM?
Are we all prepared to do so?
OUR Response, OUR Action…
“Greater love has no man than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” JESUS John 15:13 (NKJV)