Endurance

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22 KJV

Endure (intransitive verb)

  1. To continue in the same state: LAST

E.g., the style endured for centuries

  1. To remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding

E.g., though it is difficult, we must endure

 

(transitive verb)

     1. To undergo especially without giving in: suffer

E.g., endure hardships

E.g., endured great pain

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To endure means no matter what, you finish your course and keep the faith.  Because the reward is so great you will be tried for your faith until your last breath. 

Your adversary will use all he has in his power against you to cause you not to endure unto the end.  For many, he uses deceptive tactics to cause people to become blind and ignorant to the fact that the way to eternal life is through Jesus so that they never join the faith further-less for keep the faith to the end.  For many others he uses distractions and temptations to live sinful lives so they do not qualify to receive what God has for overcomers in the life to come.

"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."     James 1:12 KJV

The battle is over when your time here on earth is finished; once you make it to the end successfully, no one can ever take away the crown of life from you-  it will be your legal right to have access to immortality in good standing with God.

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”     2 Timothy 4:7-8 KJV

The Bible has all the wisdom you will need to overcome any tactics of the enemy. The Holy Spirit has all the guidance you need when a Bible is not around.  The enemy is jealous of you because what he has (this world) is only temporary and the choice that he made to go against God is irreversible with eternal consequences.  However, You STILL have a chance to choose eternity with the LORD instead of an eternity of torment and sorrow with your adversary.

"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."      2 Timothy 2:3-4 KJV


Encouraging scriptures for enduring:

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"                  2 Corinthians 4:17 KJV

"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."                               1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV

“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 3:5 KJV

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”                                    1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

 

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."     Galatians 6:9 KJV 

 

 

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.  Do all things without murmurings and disputings:  that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day  of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.”                            Philippians 2:13-16 KJV 

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Works Cited:

“Endure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endure. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.