Main Point: Prioritize and proclaim Jesus, and rest in God’s sovereignty over your life.
I. The Cause of the Martyrs – v. 9.
See also Romans 12:1
“When God calls a man, he bids him come and die.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
II. The Cry of the Martyrs – v. 10.
See also Psalm 94:1-5
II. The Comfort of the Martyrs – v. 11.
“Faith wraps the soul up in the bundle of life with God; it encloses it in the righteousness of Jesus, and presents it so perfect in that, that whatever Satan can do, with all his cunning, cannot render the soul spotted or wrinkled before the justice of the law. Yea, though the man, as to his own person and acts, be full of sin from top to toe, Jesus Christ covers all… The man, therefore, standing here, stands shrouded under that goodly robe that makes him glisten in the eye of justice.” –John Bunyan
Application:
- Prioritize Christ and His kingdom.
- Pray for the persecuted church.
- Praise God for those who died to bring the gospel to you, the Bible to you!
- Proclaim Christ and His kingdom.
“He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” – 2 Cor 5:15
“The martyrs are more glorious than the sun, more brilliant than light. For when the sun sets, the martyrs shine with their own light, ever bright in the heavens.” – John Chrysostom (c. 347–407 A.D.)
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