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Crown Of Victory can be ours! Faith is the victory I John 5: 4 “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. ” 5/19/2021 3

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful Noah found grace in God’s sight Genesis 6: 6, 8 “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (8) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. ” 5/19/2021 4

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful Abraham’s faith was outstanding Romans 4: 19 “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: . ” 5/19/2021 5

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful Abraham’s faith was outstanding Romans 4: 20 “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. ” 5/19/2021 6

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful Enoch Hebrews 11: 5 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ” 5/19/2021 7

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful God provided better things for faithful Hebrews 11: 39 -40 “And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ” 5/19/2021 8

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful God’s promise to David Psalm 132: 11 “The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. . ” 5/19/2021 9

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful God’s promise to David Psalm 132: 12 “If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. ” 5/19/2021 10

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful God is faithful Deuteronomy 7: 9 “Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; ” 5/19/2021 11

Crown Of Victory I. God has always rewarded the faithful God will not forget our labor of love Hebrews 6: 10 “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward his name…” 5/19/2021 12

Crown Of Victory II. The Incorruptible Crown Some strive for corruptible crowns I Corinthians 9: 24 “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. ” Think of hours of an Olympic contestant 5/19/2021 13

Crown Of Victory II. The Incorruptible Crown We run the Christian race for a crown I Corinthians 9: 26 -27 “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. ” 5/19/2021 14

Crown Of Victory II. The Incorruptible Crown We run the Christian race for a crown I Corinthians 9: 26 -27 “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. ” 5/19/2021 15

Crown Of Victory II. The Incorruptible Crown Lay aside every weight Hebrews 12: 1 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ” 5/19/2021 16

Crown Of Victory II. The Incorruptible Crown One is not crowned unless he goes by the rules II Timothy 2: 5 “And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. ” 5/19/2021 17

Crown Of Victory II. The Incorruptible Crown Fight the good fight of faith I Timothy 6: 12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. ” 5/19/2021 18

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory It is a crown of righteousness II Timothy 4: 7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. ” 5/19/2021 19

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory It is a crown of righteousness II Timothy 4: 8 “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. ” 5/19/2021 20

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory It is a crown of life James 1: 12 “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. ” 5/19/2021 21

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory Crown is given to those who are faithful unto death Revelation 2: 10 “…be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. ” 5/19/2021 22

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory It is a crown of glory I Peter 5: 4 “And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. ” 5/19/2021 23

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory Let no one take your crown Revelation 3: 11 “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. ” 5/19/2021 24

Crown Of Victory III. The Crown Of Victory Crown of life means eternal life John 3: 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ” 5/19/2021 25

Crown Of Victory This crown is available to all! But obedience & faithfulness is required To Obey: 1. Hear – Rom. 10: 17 2. Believe – John 8: 24 3. Repent – Luke 13: 3 4. Confess – Acts 8: 36 -37 5. Be baptized – Acts 2: 38 5/19/2021 26

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