TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH...!

THE LORD'S PROMISES TO OVERCOMERS!

Revelation 2:7 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:11 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Revelation 2:17 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Revelation 2:29, 26-28 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. . . . . And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:  and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers:  even as I received of My Father.  And I will give him the morning star.

Revelation 3:6, 5 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. . . . He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.

Revelation 3:13, 12 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. . . . Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out:  and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My God:  and I will write upon him My new name.

Revelation 3:22, 21 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. . . . To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.

WHAT MAKES ONE AN OVERCOMER?

1 John 5:1-5 - Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:  and every one that loveth Him that begat loveth Him also that is begotten of Him.  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments (Love God; love thy neighbor - see Mt. 22:36-40; Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 5:13-14; etc.).  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments:  and His commandments are not grievous.  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?  (Obviously a rhetorical question!)

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE YOUR NEIGHBOR;

YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR;

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR,

IF YOU WANT TO BE PLEASING TO YOUR LORD!