oS : God has promised you a erown, The Shepherd's Chapel (501-787-6026 4 Dr. Arnold Murray, DRE # Newsletter #218 - September 1996 @ 196 SCN Did Jesus say “that the devil will not you want it and accept the conditions. Many try fo claim the promise; however, Wour Crown lake thy crown"? No, He said, "that no san take thy etown.” Hos can & man take they sce to forget the condigans. God is capable of giving the crown. Man is ca- pable of taking your crowm away. Don’ allow any man to take your erotm, How do you prevent somone from liking your crown? Leam Gad's Word, and check out cverything men say about the Wond. In Mark 1355, Jesus id) "Take eed Test any man deceive yous” List to words without checking. it out in the Bible, you are in danger of losing your cwwn. Lets open ‘our Bibles, REVELATION 3:7. And te, te ange! of the. church in iladelphna write: ‘These things saith He That is Holy, He Thal is Trve, Ho That hath the key of Davi, ‘That openein. and no man shuttedh, and shulteth, and ng man apaneln; The key of David opens the scriptures for you. If ‘you have this key and utilize it, no. man will be able to take your crown, I know thy works: behold, I have ‘door, and na man can shut BEVELATION 3:6 sel belare thea an it for thou hag! 2 lle strongih, and mast kepe My) and hast not denied My name. Here is one of the conditions we talked about carlice. Did Christ say, “I placed you through the open door"? No, He said, “I have set efece thee an open. door”. He! won't da’ it for you. You must take the initiative, and go through the open door. BEVELATION 22 Behold, J wil make mem of the Synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, ond are oie Twi make them io come and Soin belre ty et ‘and to know that | have loved u The Kenites, which claim to be our brother Judah, willl worship at our feet. Why? We will be worshipping at the feet of Jesus. Every knee shall bow, BEVELATION $10 Because, thou past kept the word My patience, | also wil Koop thee fam the, how ‘of temmpiation, which shall come upon all the world, lo ‘ry them that dwell upon the earth How do you guin potioncs? You gain patience by ‘undeestanding God's plan. You will become very patient, ‘hen you realize things are going to happen jost exactly si they are written in flis Word, ‘The bour of tempation i the Eablishineat of the one world erder wid aici at the bead claiming to be foxx You will be kept torn this hour hesause you don't find him tempting. REVELATION 3:41 Behold, 1 come quickly: hald thal fast which thou ast, thal ne man take thy crown, your crown’? A man can take your crovn Through false teaching and deception. No man can take your crown, unless you allow him to, Let's Team more about your crown. REVELATION. 29 1 know My works and tbutovon, ana fot tha, art rich), the plas Frou wie say. By ore Uows, nd aro not ba ae tne synagogue of Sats ‘The church ef Smyma also knew and taught the trath concerning the Kenites. 71 Fear none of those things: whict thou Shar sulle bahola, tho’ det shal cast ste of you Ino Bison, tha yo move od and ye shall ave bulaon fen days: be thou faithtv! unto death, and I val give theo a crown of ile ‘There is no need to fear. Those shat avcept the conditions will receive the crown of life, the victory crown, Let's tum to Janes. 1:1 JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord isl,” to tho twelve inbes which are scattered ‘abroad, greoting. ‘There is no doubt this Book is specifically. written to the dispersion, JAMES 12:9 My brathron, count it a joy winon_ yo fa, into divare temptations: Koowiag this, Wal the bying of your fatty wovketh patience. You should count it a jay to be tested, if you go through the door Christ set before you, you ‘will count it 2 joy. The testing. of your faith brings patience. HANES 148 But ft patience have ber veel wort that an wanting ‘not an You ack iscom, ot him ast of God, That giveth 1 ‘mon liberally, and upbraigeln not; and it sha be given ‘As you mature in His Word, you leam to ask God for wisdom. Have you ever been studying your Bible and Ybocome frustrated in understanding a particular scripture? ‘Stop! Ask Father for wisdom to understand. He will give 1 to you in Farge doses, JAMES. 1:8 Bul fet ir ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that waverett is fike a wave’ of ihe sex dnven with the mind and’ tossod, Here ix another condition. The ward "wavering” in this verse means. “doubting”. To doubt isto question every promise God fis made. MAMES 1:7: For tot not that man think that he shaltvecoive anything of the Lerd. «A double minded: man is unstable In all his ways, Doubters receive nothing fiom God. Someone that supposedly has faith one minute apd none the next, will not be entrusted with anything from God. v 8-11 bet Wo, ether of low degree, reales Jn that fe is ihe ih i tat eae {bur Doeause as tse flower Of the ass he sh =r th Sun Isha soonar eon wth a Burin heat, but H nithereth the ‘and the flower therect fafiaih, and the grace of the fashion of it porisicth: 30 ‘also shal the ren man fede away in his. ways, ‘Those that are rich with ill-gotten gains will be Inumbled. Do you want true blessings? Btossed is tha man that endure temp: ha fs Wed, he shall rocaive the crown fo them that fove The crown of life is a true blessing. Be advised, Dont ever try to blame God for your trials. He is not ‘capable of being tempted with evil and, He temptcth no iam with evil. Ged promised the crown to those that love Him, We are going back to Revelation 3, There are some more promises you may claim, if you go through the ‘open doar Christ set before yo REVELATION 3:12 Him that overcometh will I-make ‘pilar’in the Temple of God, Let's stop right there for a moment, | want your mind focused on this subject, Whit is this pillar in the Temple ‘of God? These sere fo special piliars in the original {emple. Let's go to | Kings to sce if we can find an cexamplc of what these pillars ave. Aflcr all, Jesus said those’ that overcome ‘will be mado a pil ‘And hing Solomon sent and fetched pyre, he was @ widow's con of tho ibe and wrought 1 is work Hiram was a specialist len cobs Hon aplocs” ands ine ot twelve cubs oon Sos aaa Kneo twele it G2 compass er of them ‘bout Eighteen in biblical numerics. is bandage. Twelve ix symbolic of perfect goverment Remember, we came here to find a type for tho pillar we read about in Revelation, We might leam what Ged expects of the overcomers. Frise upen the tops ofthe pats the height of Frise Sal upen the tps a fa ‘ the ona chapter was fe. cabls af the agro Ino Sher thapipe wae hee cote ‘A. chapiter is the crown of the pillar. You all know that five is symbolic of grace. The crown is grace. Tih And ets of chocker work. and wreaths ‘wotk, for tho chaplters which weve upon the {op ef the pills: seven Tor te ne chair, afd Savon for the other chapter. Seven it spiritual complatcniss: TBs tx geting me tren, LAINGS 7:18 And he made the pilars, and Iwo rows found about pn ie ne network, fo cover the hat wore upon the top. with poctegranates: aad 80 did he for tho other chapiter. Poniegranates signify life due v the many seeds. Why, 1 believe we hinve = crown of life here, ue ‘And the chapiters that were upon the ‘tha pillars were of fly work In the porch, four Now, let's soe, Who is the Lily of the valley? Jesus Christ, of course. Jesus Christ ix at the head of the pillar the overcomers will be a part of. Four signifies the earth And tho chossters upon the two pars fad ponegenater also above, over agalrst the belly wont was : Oh boy, these pillars have names! What do the mca? The crew fate Joc cang “Hg sal te tee srngih? Then go through the open door. He atblshed the open door, and those that ge through the daor gain sength LKINGS 7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lly Wark: 30 was Uh Work of tho pillars finishadt Do you want to be-a pillar? Stick to the Word, and owt allow any man to take your crown, Now, iets complete verse wwelve of Revelation 3, ‘out and 1 will and the name of the aly of My deweater. which cometh down, vt of bes ‘and’ wil waite upan hier My new name. ‘Whar is this new name? He gives us a clue, When ‘will Ged na more go out of the Temple? He returns de facto at the end of the millennium. Where could we go to find the name of the mew city al the end of the ‘millennium? Let's try Ezckict EZEKIEL 4B25 it was round about eighteen mousang measures: and the name of the city from thal day shall ‘be, Tha LORD i Whee From that day forward into ctemity the new name ‘will be Yahveh Shammah, the Lend is there. This, my friends will be heaven on’ earth, Hang on to the crown ‘God: promised you. Walk through the open door. Study His Word, Have faith, and dosit be a doubler. The crown of life is yours for the Keeping. In His Servies, ‘Amibid Murra