Where Did All Those Crowns Come From?
Steve Wagers
Revelation 19:12
Crown #1: WONDERFUL SALVATION
A) Presently Guarded
B) Purposefully Given
Crown #2: WORTHY SERVICE
A) A Committed Life
B) A Clean Life
Crown #3: WINNING SOULS
A) The Struggle He Endured
B) The Satisfaction He Enjoyed
The most desired and distinguished award that a military person can earn is known as The Congressional Medal of Honor. General George Patton once said that he would have given his immortal soul for the medal. Harry Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson told close confidants that they would rather have the Medal than be President.
On July 9, 1918, Congress clarified and produced wording that would ensure the Medal of Honor could only be awarded in truly exceptional instances. They declared that:
''...the President is authorized to present, in the name of Congress, a Medal of Honor only to each person who, while an officer or enlisted man of the Army, shall hereafter, in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.'' {1}
To date, there are 3,515 recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, of which 147 are alive today.
One day, when we as believers arrive in Heaven, God will hand out His own Medal of Honor in the form of a crown. It will be the day when we receive our eternal wages for the life, labor and loyalty we have given to the Lord.
The Bible teaches us that every believer will forever live in a place called Heaven. We have learned that once we become Heaven born, we become Heaven bound. We have seen that we are going to live in a city that God Himself has prepared for those who know His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
However, the Bible also teaches us that Heaven is a place where rewards will be given to Christians. Those rewards are referred, in the Word of God, as crowns.
The word translated ''crowns'' is a word from which w ...
Steve Wagers
Revelation 19:12
Crown #1: WONDERFUL SALVATION
A) Presently Guarded
B) Purposefully Given
Crown #2: WORTHY SERVICE
A) A Committed Life
B) A Clean Life
Crown #3: WINNING SOULS
A) The Struggle He Endured
B) The Satisfaction He Enjoyed
The most desired and distinguished award that a military person can earn is known as The Congressional Medal of Honor. General George Patton once said that he would have given his immortal soul for the medal. Harry Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson told close confidants that they would rather have the Medal than be President.
On July 9, 1918, Congress clarified and produced wording that would ensure the Medal of Honor could only be awarded in truly exceptional instances. They declared that:
''...the President is authorized to present, in the name of Congress, a Medal of Honor only to each person who, while an officer or enlisted man of the Army, shall hereafter, in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.'' {1}
To date, there are 3,515 recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, of which 147 are alive today.
One day, when we as believers arrive in Heaven, God will hand out His own Medal of Honor in the form of a crown. It will be the day when we receive our eternal wages for the life, labor and loyalty we have given to the Lord.
The Bible teaches us that every believer will forever live in a place called Heaven. We have learned that once we become Heaven born, we become Heaven bound. We have seen that we are going to live in a city that God Himself has prepared for those who know His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
However, the Bible also teaches us that Heaven is a place where rewards will be given to Christians. Those rewards are referred, in the Word of God, as crowns.
The word translated ''crowns'' is a word from which w ...
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