Matthew 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Illustration
Finishing the task
Imagine that a ship starts from London on a voyage to Australia, but it stops at the Canary islands, or returns after reaching Cape town; Would you call that ship an emigrant ship for new South Wales?
No ofcourse not, to get that title, it must go the whole voyage, otherwise it does not deserve that name.
Imagine that a man has begun to build a house, but he stops as soon as he has erected one side of it; Would you call him a successful builder if he stops there, and fails to finish the other walls, or fails to put a roof on it?
Do we give men praise for being warriors because they know how to make one desperate charge, but lose the campaign?
Have we not, of late, smiled at the boasting despatches of commanders, in fights where both combatants fought with valour, and yet neither of them had the common sense to push on to reap the victory?
What was the very strength of Wellington, but that when a triumph had been achieved, he knew how to reap the harvest which had been sown in blood?
And he only is a true conqueror, and shall be crowned at the last, who continueth till war’s trumpet is blown no more.
It is with a Christian similar as it was with the great Napoleon: he said, “Conquest has made me what I am, and conquest must maintain me.”
So, under God, conquest has made you what you are, and conquest must sustain you.
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