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HREF="id336.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Righteous Judgment">Righteous Judgment</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id337.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The physical and spiritual blessings of ">The physical and spiritual blessings of submission</A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Let no man take your crown</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> “Let no man take your crown”<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >                                                          </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>      In God's word, the Holy Bible, Jesus promises a reward to all of His chosen people who endure to the end and qualify to serve in His kingdom.  “And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be” (Rev. 22:12).  Other scriptures show that a crown will be included with the reward.  Jesus spoke encouraging words to the church in Smyrna.  “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 a crown of life” (Rev. 2:10).</div> <bR> <div>      Just before his death, the Apostle Paul also spoke of a crown as part of his reward.  “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.  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.4:6-8).  Jesus gives us a firm warning that we should not take this crown for granted.  It is not a sure thing, and it is our responsibility to see to it that we do not lose it.  “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown” (Rev. 3:11).</div> <bR> <div>      When counseling for baptism, we make a lifetime covenant to turn away from our former way of life and to live by God's laws and commandments.  We agree that there will be no turning back.  “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).  After baptism and the receiving of the Holy Spirit, most of us experienced “our first love.”  The new Christian starts his new life in a state of euphoria.  Mr. Herbert Armstrong compared the new Christian to the Israelites as they left Egypt with a high hand in great elation over their freedom from bondage!</div> <bR> <div>      But what happened to the Israelites?  Immediately Pharaoh's army [Satan] pursued them.  They lost their courage; fear overcame them.  They thought it was impossible to escape, and they felt helpless.  So it is with the new Christian.  Soon after baptism reality sets in, and Satan goes to work to destroy us.  The scriptures reveal that Satan is a destroyer, a deceiver, a murderer, and a liar!  He will use any means possible to hurt and discourage us in order to make us quit.  “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).</div> <bR> <div>      God did not promise us smooth sailing.  In fact, His word warns us that when we live the Christian life, we can expect to experience trouble in this world.  “Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22).  Jesus said, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace.  In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).  Jesus and the Apostle Paul warned us that we will suffer persecution.  Jesus said, “Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than his Lord.  If they have persecuted Me, they will persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also” (John 15:20).  Paul tells us that “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (2 Tim. 3:12).</div> <bR> <div>      So all Christians should beware!  We should guard against being naive or unprepared, because trouble and persecution is a given!  When persecution or false accusations are used against us there is a serious danger that must be guarded against.  It is referred to as <B>justifiable resentment.  </B>Actually, according to God's word, there is no such thing as justifiable resentment.  Regardless of how much pain one suffers or how bitter a betrayal, we are never justified to harbor  resentment.  It only means that we have never gotten over the offense.  <B>Let it go and then move beyond it!  </B>This is a very hard thing to do, but it is possible.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      We live in a sinful and unjust world.  It is unrealistic to think that all people will deal fairly, justly, and honestly with us.  They will not!  It is especially hurtful if you suffer serious damage from family members or someone you believed in or trusted.  God's word tells us through the writing of the Apostle Paul, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28).</div> <bR> <div>      When faced with a crisis or trying to find the answer to what appears to us to be an unanswerable question, we sometimes feel that we walk alone.  It is easy for us to ask, “What good can come out of such things?”  When it appears that there is no way out, God can make a difference.  He can provide a way!</div> <bR> <div>      We cannot understand everything that we experience in this life.  When God permits something  to come into our lives, He can use it for His purpose. We may or may not understand it.  God's purpose is to use these experiences  to conform us to the image of His Son.  “For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Rom. 8:29).</div> <bR> <div>        When parts of our lives are broken, and we can't fix them, then we should be encouraged by the healing words of the Apostle Paul to help us cope with the hard questions of life.  “What shall we then say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be against us?  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?  It is God that justifieth.  Who is he that condemneth?  It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us” (Rom. 8:31-35, 37).</div> <bR> <div>      Christ only has the power to heal what has been broken.  He can turn any tragedy into triumph!  No matter what injustice we may suffer at the hands of men, the right thing to do is to let go of the resentment regardless of how much it appears to be justified.</div> <bR> <div>      Justifiable resentment only gives power to the enemy and allows him to continue to do harm.  The only wise path to take is to let go of resentment and free ourselves from its debilitating power.  To let go of resentment is the only way to be healed.  As hard as it may be to do, we must accept responsibility.  Jesus tells us that it is our responsibility to make sure that we do not allow any man to take our crown!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> James D. Carlisle</div> <bR> <div> <I> “Thou shalt also be a crown of </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>  glory in the hand of the LORD, </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>   and a royal diadem in the hand </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>   of  thy God</I>”           (Isa 62:3).</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>