"No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: ye cannot serve God and Mammon." Matt. 6:24. "Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to be, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness." Rom. 6:16. Again: "If any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of His." Rom. 8:9. We are to be governed by the mind (teachings) of Christ. When we accept Christ as the only source of authority and speak, act and think as He has commanded us, we are serving Him. There are many who sincerely make the start to serve Christ. They lay the foundation and then quit. The foundation is important, but it is not enough,—it is worth very little without the building. Every Christian must build a character on Christ, and build it like Christ. Much old material must be torn away, and this is not always an easy job. Destroying old habits and building new, and better ones, is an every day task for the Christian.

All of this is in order that we may be prepared to enjoy the heavenly home, the New Jerusalem, pictured by John in Revelations as a place where there will be no more pain, sorrow, crying, death nor tears: and His servants shall serve Him. This is the place that Jesus has gone to prepare for his people, and has promised to come and pilot us safely home to God.

Some of the most consoling words of Jesus are: "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Every promise of eternal life is to those who hold out faithful to the end. No such promise is made to the quitter, we must keep on building until death.

It seems that some have the idea that just to be a member of the church is all that is necessary. But it is absurd to think that we can go to heaven on the merits of others. Paul says in Phil. 2:12," Work out your own salvation." So, now if I just belong to the church and the others do all of the work, where can I expect to obtain salvation? This is an individual matter and each one must work, and be faithful until death in order to inherit eternal life and the crown." He that overcometh shall inherit all things."

"It pleases God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe" 1 Cor. 1:21, "Even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel shall live of the gospel." 1 Cor. 9:14. We have the gospel of Christ, which is the power of God unto salvation, in earthen vessels, (Christ’s servants), and it is up to us as His servants to deliver this glorious gospel to the lost. If we cannot preach, we can support the ones who can and are willing, and in this way we can have fellowship with them in this great work of saving souls. If you cannot give much, give little. "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith," says the Apostle. "Prove your own selves."

"Know ye not to whom we yield yourselves servants to obey, his servant ye are to whom ye obey?" "Let us labor to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."