“Be Faithful Until Death” —Just Be Faithful Today! (Excerpts of a talk given one New Year’s Eve.) ne of the best verses that you could claim for the coming year—and for the rest of your life, for that matter—is: “Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.”1 Some people teach that this is referring to salvation. They say, “Well, if you always do the right thing and don’t make any mistakes, if you’re perfect, if you ‘keep the faith,’ maybe you’ll make it to Heaven.” That’s not what that verse is talking about at all! The Lord isn’t talking about salvation; He’s talking about your faithfulness in service—if you faithfully do your best to please and serve Him from now until the day you die. The secret of being “faithful until death” is to be faithful one day at a time. You can only live one day at a time; you can only be faithful one day at a time. So
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