DCLM Higher Everyday 6 June 2025 — Suffering Saints Shall Reign 

Topic: Suffering Saints Shall Reign 

Text: 2 Timothy  2:8-12

8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

Memory Verse: “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us” (2 Timothy 2:12).

Message

“The blood of Jesus has a cleansing effect that reaches beyond our born-again experience,” says a minister. That description fits who a saint is. When you become a saint, the blood of Jesus washes away your past and His name opens your future. In other words, you are saved, cleansed, and sanctified. Saints are those who have been washed white in the blood of the Lamb and are now in God’s eternal presence in the Church Triumphant. A saint bravely endures suffering because he is convinced that in the life to come, he will reign with Christ and not merely live with Him. On the contrary, if you deny Christ, He also will deny you.

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What is your relationship with Jesus Christ and how strong is your faith about making heaven and reigning with Him? The Scriptures say the faithless and unbelievers will have no share in the glories of the life to come. These grave warnings are apparently not addressed to the faithless and unbelievers who have never known Christ but to unfaithful members of the visible Church. Desist from any act of iniquity, if you must reign with Christ eternally.

QUOTE: Desist from any act of iniquity.

PRAYER: Oh Lord, let me suffer now to reign with you later.

CHALLENGE: Live to share in the glories of eternity.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)