Our paragraph topic is: (A hundredfold reward promised) Part 3.
Peter had asked the question that was on the minds of the disciples. They wanted to know what they would receive for following him. They wanted to know what their reward would be. Christ told them that they, the twelve, would sit on the twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. They would have power. They would have influence. They would have more than what they desired in the here and now.
And for those who gave up all, Christ told them that they would also receive a reward. He wanted all to know that there was sacrifice. But there was also a reward for those who followed him. He told them: "And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold."
For my name's sake, those who follow me will receive a hundredfold. Sacrifice and leave all behind, mother, brother, sister, leave all and receive a hundredfold. This is the reward for those who follow Christ. There will be sacrifice. There will be tribulation. There will be suffering, and pain, and temptation, and challenges but the reward is a hundredfold greater than anything that we can imagine.
These are the challenges that Christians face today. The world is against us. The world will fight to stop us. The world will seek to prevent us from receiving the hundredfold reward. For the reward is our birthright. It was given to us from birth by our Father. And it was stolen through deception. And deception is still being used today to prevent us from receiving it. Yet we have a provider. We have a protector. We have a warrior who will work with us and help fight with us through the trials and tribulations that the world puts us through.
The choice is ours to make. Live in the world today and abide by its rules or live according to the rules given us by our Father through Christ Jesus. The rules are simple. They were given to us by a loving father to keep us from harm. They were provided to us to show us the path to follow. They are with us today so that we may know the path to follow that will lead us to our reward. The choice is simple. The choice is easy. The choice is yours to make. Come! Open your heart to the Lord and he will lead you to eternal happiness.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Peter had asked the question that was on the minds of the disciples. They wanted to know what they would receive for following him. They wanted to know what their reward would be. Christ told them that they, the twelve, would sit on the twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. They would have power. They would have influence. They would have more than what they desired in the here and now.
And for those who gave up all, Christ told them that they would also receive a reward. He wanted all to know that there was sacrifice. But there was also a reward for those who followed him. He told them: "And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold."
For my name's sake, those who follow me will receive a hundredfold. Sacrifice and leave all behind, mother, brother, sister, leave all and receive a hundredfold. This is the reward for those who follow Christ. There will be sacrifice. There will be tribulation. There will be suffering, and pain, and temptation, and challenges but the reward is a hundredfold greater than anything that we can imagine.
These are the challenges that Christians face today. The world is against us. The world will fight to stop us. The world will seek to prevent us from receiving the hundredfold reward. For the reward is our birthright. It was given to us from birth by our Father. And it was stolen through deception. And deception is still being used today to prevent us from receiving it. Yet we have a provider. We have a protector. We have a warrior who will work with us and help fight with us through the trials and tribulations that the world puts us through.
The choice is ours to make. Live in the world today and abide by its rules or live according to the rules given us by our Father through Christ Jesus. The rules are simple. They were given to us by a loving father to keep us from harm. They were provided to us to show us the path to follow. They are with us today so that we may know the path to follow that will lead us to our reward. The choice is simple. The choice is easy. The choice is yours to make. Come! Open your heart to the Lord and he will lead you to eternal happiness.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
