“He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son,” by Louis A. Dole

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“He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” – Revelation 21:7

Readings

Zechariah 8:1-17 · Revelation 21:1-14 · Psalms 8; 9

Sermon

We have entered upon that period of the church year called Lent, which marks the Lord’s final struggles and victory.

Two sharply contrasted ideas of man’s nature have prevailed throughout the Christian world. Man is said to be created in the image and likeness of God, a little lower than God, and to have been given dominion over all things. And again he is pictured as conceived in iniquity and born in sin, accounted of as nothing before God, and of himself nothing but evil.

Both sides of this picture are true, for there is a dual nature in everyone, which must be recognized. We recall that to each of the seven churches in Asia the promise was made that to “him that overcometh” some particular blessing would be given; and we are all familiar with the Lord’s words to Nicodemus: “except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”