XIII. Rev. 13:10. “Here is the patience and the faith of the saints”

XIII. Rev. 13:10. “Here is the patience and the faith of the saints”

1. Patience and faith are necessary qualities of saints.

Patience to endure hardships and persecutions.

Faith to look beyond the things that are seen.

2. The enemies of souls will at last be removed and punished.

The saints know this, and they can patiently wait for GOD’S time.

They believe in GOD, and therefore they trust themselves, soul and body, to Him.

3. Now is the time to practise these virtues.

Hereafter there will be no occasion for either of them.

4. We have the saints for our examples.

We have a higher example in the King of Saints.

5. The Judgment Day will bring its full reward to those who have waited patiently and in faith for the kingdom.

Resolutions.—To strive after patience.

To trust in GOD through everything.

Text.—“Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto JESUS.”

H. M. Bennett (1881). Short Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas.