He remains faithful

¹¹ The saying is trustworthy, for:

            If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

             ¹² if we endure, we will also reign with him;

            if we deny him, he also will deny us;

             ¹³ if we are faithless, he remains faithful—

            

for he cannot deny himself.

2 Timothy 2:11-13

If we persevere to the end Jesus promises us a new life with Him, sharing in His authority and enjoying Him forever (Revelation 2:9-11). If we are to reject Him, God allows us to remain in that spirit of defiance and resistance to His glory, and we will be judged for it (Matthew 11:20-22). Yet, no matter how unfaithful we are, God remains the same. He ever holds out the promise of redemption to us, for his nature is perpetual and changes not. For that reason, God in His covenant with Abraham, swore by Himself, for there was nothing greater that He could swear by (Genesis 22:15-18, Hebrews 6:13-15). God is unchanging: He is still the same God of both the Old and New Testaments, a God of love and a God of judgment.

May we all remember that God is faithful to keep His chosen ones till the final judgment (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24), and make every effort to be chosen by God.