Testimony of Jesus - Call for Overcoming
Stephen reflects on the importance of the testimony of Jesus Christ, which is entrusted to the Church. He highlights the need for the Church to recognize its failures and repent, as many congregations fall short of embodying the testimony of Christ. The call for overcomers emerges as a response to the Church's shortcomings, emphasizing that those who respond to God's call are not just for themselves but for the entire body of Christ. Stephen draws parallels between the historical failures of Israel and the current state of the Church, urging believers to seek a deeper relationship with the Lord. He concludes by affirming that true overcoming comes from a clear vision of Jesus and reliance on Him, encouraging the faithful to respond to God's call and strive for His approval.
Outline of Main Points
Desire for divine guidance and clarity
Importance of the testimony of Jesus Christ
Need for the Church to recognize failures and repent
Call for overcomers in response to Church shortcomings
Historical parallels between Israel and the Church
True overcoming through a clear vision of Jesus
Encouragement to respond to God's call
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
11 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.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
