Message From Our Minister:

Dr. Andrew J. Hairston

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil “shall” cast some of you into prison, that ye maybe tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful “unto” death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Revelations 2: 10 KJV

If there is a difference between our days and the days of those living in bible times, there is also a difference in how the scriptures reflect them in their assumption of their responsibilities and how they related to God. And, the reasons those war horses for God were victorious had to do with how they faced life undetermined by the threat of death as they went forth to meet death. Such is the reason for what the ancient writer said in reflective “who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,” and “And those all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better things for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.”

Yes, they faced death knowing a better “life” remained for them. Such faith allowed them to take the world and we are being denied a similar victory over the world because such thinking appears to be absent from our lives.