Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
There was one church in the examples in Revelation where they were doing the right thing in the sight of God.
Revelation 3 ... 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These
things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of
David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
openeth;
8 I know thy
works:behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut
it:for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not
denied my name.
9 Behold, I
will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and
are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before
thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly:hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12
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.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
The one instruction to this church was to hold fast that which they had that no man take their crown.
We
do have to contend for the faith. People say things which would draw
us away from the instruction God has given us unless we turn to God and
keep his instruction before us day and night until the temptation is
past. And also that we pray that we would be able to endure and pray
for wisdom in the midst of the time of temptation, taking that way of
escape when it is shown us by the Holy Spirit.
It is important for each of us to continue in that which God has told us and to do it to the end.
When
we are discouraged in that which God has told us to do, we can turn to
God in the midst of the discouragement and ask HIM for help. He will
help us. We must not allow ourselves to wallow about in the
discouragement as some do. For to do that would cause you to cast aside
what you are supposed to do. Therefore we ask God for wisdom in the
temptation. And God will give us HIS wisdom that we may hold fast to
what HE says and continue.
There are many
discouragements along the way and we have to work to overcome each
discouragement. We do this through prayer in the discouragement and by
making ourselves focus on scripture day and night, refusing to give up,
being sustained during the problem by scripture through faith in the
Word of God which is God.
It is a labor to enter into HIS rest.
I Cor. 15 ...
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.