“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.” (v. 11)

Have you known someone who was running so well, in the faith—and threw it all away?

There is a bizarre and tragic tendency among believers. Honestly, it’s the long-con gambit of the enemy, who lies. What happens is this: We get too comfortable with the reality of sin—we get to rote with repentance—that we are effectively lulled to sleep. And, once lulled, we loosen our convictions.

We stop holding as precious what we have been given by grace.

I would urge you to reconsider what is promised. There is a crown in heaven for those who endure! Not only is holiness a worthy pursuit—because God is holy, and because He commands it—but it is also the road to heaven’s rewards.

So heed the caution of the Lord in Revelation:

Don’t give holiness up, and the crown with it.

— Tyler