The Power of a Thank You
Revelation 12:10 (NASB95)
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God, day and night.
Revelation 12:11 (NASB95)
And they overcame him because of THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB and because of THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY, and THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIFE EVEN WHEN FACED WITH DEATH.
What we can learn from the Tribulation Saints? We learn to…
1. Thank God for the Blood!
Revelation 12:11 (NASB95)
And they overcame him because of THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB…
Genesis 4:10 (NASB95)
What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Leviticus 17:11 (NLT)
for the life of the body is in its blood… It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.
Exodus 12:22-23, (NASB95)
And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts… when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
Colossians 1:20 (NLT)
and through Him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
Hebrews 12:24 (NASB95)
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which SPEAKS BETTER than the blood of Abel.
What we can learn from the Tribulation Saints? We learn to…
2. Thank God for Your Testimony!
Revelation 12:11 (NASB95)
And they overcame him because of THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB and because of THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY.
THE WORD (Logos- that which is spoken)
OF THEIR TESTIMONY (martyria- witness, through first-hand knowledge).”
Psalm 107:1–2 (NASB95) Oh GIVE THANKS to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Let the redeemed of the LORD SAY SO, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Lamentations 3:22-23: (NASB95)
The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, for His compassions do not fail. They are NEW EVERY MORNING; great is Your faithfulness.
What we can learn from the Tribulation Saints? We learn to…
3. Thank God that Death is Defeated!
Revelation 12:11 (NASB95)
And they overcame him… and THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIFE EVEN WHEN FACED WITH DEATH.
Hebrews 2:14–15 (NASB95)
…through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
1 Corinthians 15:25–26 (NASB95)
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57 (NASB)
…Death has been swallowed up in victory...thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Revelation 1:17–18 (NASB95)
…Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I HAVE THE KEYS OF DEATH AND OF HADES.
Revelation 20:14 (NASB95)
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Philippians 1:21 (NASB95)
For to me, to live is Christ and TO DIE IS GAIN.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NASB)
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD for you in Christ Jesus.
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