PERSEVERE UNTIL THE END

But it is necessary to remain on the path in order to remain in salvation.

Jesus taught us that we need to renounce the world, take up our cross, and follow the Lord every day.

And until when should we follow?

Until the end. Until the last day of our lives. Amen?

This journey has an end, and we need to remain firm until we get there. This is perseverance.

Paul persevered until the end. When God revealed to him that the moment of his departure was near, he declared:

“The time for my departure has come.”

And he also said:

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

Paul persevered. He did not give up. He completed the mission that God had placed in his hands.

And because he persevered, he could say:

“Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing.”

Hallelujah!

The promise was not only for Paul. It is for everyone who remains faithful, for everyone who perseveres until the end.

Because if you do not persevere, you may end up with nothing more than a story from the past:

“One day I was a believer. One day I served God. One day I was in church.”

But God did not call us to live only on a story from the past. He called us to remain firm until the end.

Therefore, we need to persevere in everything.

We need to persevere while we wait on the Lord for the promises of this life.

We need to persevere while we wait for His coming.

We need to persevere in faith.

We need to persevere in love.

We need to persevere in patience.

We need to persevere when things are difficult.

We need to persevere when we do not understand what God is doing.

We need to keep walking even when circumstances tell us to stop.

Why?

Because what we have attained through faith must also be guarded through perseverance.

We cannot start well and finish badly.

We cannot run for a while and then abandon the race.

We need to reach the end.

Amen?

The Bible says:

“We, however, are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.”

Therefore, stand firm!

Do not give up your faith.

Do not abandon the path.

Do not return to the world.

Keep following Jesus.

Persevere until the end.

Because the one who perseveres until the end will be saved.

Say: I will persevere until the end!