Revelation 14:12-13 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.… I. THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD. II. WHEREIN ARE THEY BLESSED WHO DIE IN THE LORD? 1. Death is birth to the believer, and birth is ever blessed. 2. Born out of a life which is a long pain to a life which is a long bliss. 3. They pass out of relations and fellowships which are ever changing, to those which abide and enlarge their ministries through eternity. 4. Blessed are they, for they are for ever beyond the reach of all that may imperil the prize. (J. B. Brown, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.WEB: Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." |