Be Faithful Unto Death

“Times are coming when shepherds will again say to their flock, as they have done in days gone by, ‘Do not fear what you are about to suffer.  Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation.  Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.’ (Rev. 2:10).  I am deeply thankful for Christian counseling to make my marriage better.  But in addition, I need a shepherd who will tell me, ‘The devil may kill you, but that’s okay.  Jesus will give you the crown of life.'”

-John Piper, Spectacular Sins (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008), 15.