December 29, 2022

Words of Encouragement, Dec 28 2022, Ep 581

REPORT/WITNESS/MARTYR:

STRONGS 3140: Μαρτυρέω - martureō - mar-too-reh'-o
From G3144; to be a witness, that is, testify (literally or figuratively): - charge, give [evidence], bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.”

STRONGS 3144: Μάρτυς – martus - mar'-toos
“Of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally [judicially] or figuratively [generally]); by analogy a “martyr”: - martyr, record, witness.”

SCRIPTURES:

A GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES ~ Hebrews 12:1
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of WITNESSES, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us"

A REPORT FROM MARTYRS ~ Hebrews 11:1-3
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good REPORT. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible."

A REPORT LEFT TO AN UNWORTHY WORLD ~ Hebrews 11:35-40
"Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good REPORT through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us."

A REPORT FOUND IN THE END ~ Rev. 17:4-6
"The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the Saints and with the blood of the MARTYRS of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement."