Revelation 3:12 Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write on him the name of my God… I. THE QUALIFICATION INSISTED UPON IN THE TEXT. "Him that over-cometh." 1. The term evidently implies a struggle and conflict. 2. The term "overcometh" implies daily advancement and success. 3. A third feature of the man who "overcometh" is perseverance. His religion is not the mere meteor of the moment, extinguished almost as soon as kindled. He will set his face like a flint against corruption; will "resist, even unto blood, the contradiction of sinners" against the Master he loves. II. THE PROMISES ADDRESSED IN THE TEXT TO THE VICTORIOUS SERVANTS OF THE REDEEMER. 1. The successful Christian shall be "made a pillar in the temple of his God." In this world the servant of the Redeemer may be a mere outcast in society. Nevertheless, "he that overcometh shall be made a pillar in the temple of God." That poor outcast, if a true servant of Christ, shall be stripped of his rags and wretchedness, and be raised as a pillar of ornament in the temple of the Lord. Great will be the changes of the last day: "the first shall be last and the last first." 2. He "shall go no more out." The sun of his joys shall never go down. The wellspring of his comforts shall never fail. 3. "I will write on him the name of My God." In this world, it is possible that the sincere Christian may be perplexed, either by his own doubts of acceptance with God or by the suspicions and insinuations of others; but in heaven his acceptance and adoption will be no longer a disputable point. He shall be recognised by Him who has stamped him with His own name. 4. "I will write on him the name of the city of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God." Even here it is "the city not made with hands" which the Christian seeks. And to that city he shall be exalted in heaven. 5. "I will write upon him My new Name." (J. W. Cunningham.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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