49. Saved
Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved.
Mark 13:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Luke 21:19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.
The Promise of Salvation is given to those who are already saved; endurance is not the cause of salvation but the assurance of it. The promise is given by Jesus because He knows that we will be tempted many times during the process of living: to fall away, to give up on God, to be disappointed in Him, to compromise our faith, to have doubts about God, to despair of salvation, to wonder if there really is a God, to go along with the world,
We can be sure that we will face temptations like this all along the way, but we can be assured that when we endure through all the trials and hold on to Jesus through it all that we will be saved. And what’s more, God Himself gives this endurance and the grit to hang on to Jesus in the midst of life’s temptations; the Holy Spirit “keeps me in the one true faith.”
The so-called “end time prophecies” of Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 and the Book of Revelation pertain to the life span of each individual Christian’s life; Jesus says that during each life temptations from the devil, the world, and the flesh to give up will always be present. But you won’t do it; you will endure, and you will be savedand you will gain your lives. Whenever we are going through hard times or just having a bad hair day we remember a promise like this: we shall be saved and we will gain our lives.
God is the only thing that is too big for us; so put all you trust in Him and relax. He promises to overcome every problem and enemy you face, and in the end you shall be saved and gain your life.