Voltaire (1694-1778) – One hundred years from my day there will not be a Bible in the earth except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity seeker.
Matthew 24:35 (ESV) – Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
Big Thought: Living to God is the best way to live because faithfulness is .
1. Faithfulness is .
a. The reward of .
1 Peter 5:6 (ESV) – Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you.
Romans 8:16-17a (ESV) – The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ…
b. The reward of met.
Psalm 37:4-7 (ESV) – Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
c. The reward of .
Hebrews 4:1-3a (ESV) – Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.For we who have believed enter that rest…
2. Faithfulness is .
a. God is for His faithfulness.
Ezekiel 20:44 (ESV) – And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for My name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the LORD God.
b. God honors His faithful .
Matthew 25:23 (ESV) – His master said to Him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.”
2 Timothy 4:7-8 (ESV) – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up 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 loved His appearing.
3. Faithfulness is .
Ephesians 4:22-24 (ESV) – To put off the old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.