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 Theme text: Rev. 2:10

“Be thou faithful unto

death, and I will give thee a crown
of life.”
 Definition of Faithfulness

 Faithfulness. N. The quality of being faithful.

 Faithful. Adj. Remaining loyal and steadfast. —

Oxford Dictionary of English.
 Synonyms of faithfulness

 Loyalty
 Steadfastness
 Resoluteness
 Fixed
 Not wavering or vacillating
Importance of Faithfulness

 Is faithfulness really important?

 Does God even care whether or not I am
faithful?
 Will it effect our destiny?
 Rom. 8:28

And we know that all things

work together for good to
them that love God, to them
who are the called according
to his purpose.
 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 217

If we were to cherish an habitual impression that

God sees and hears all that we do and say and keeps
a faithful record of our words and actions, and that
we must meet it all, we would fear to sin. Let the
young ever remember that wherever they are, and
whatever they do, they are in the presence of God.
Job 1, 2
Job 1, 2
Jesus Christ
 Faithfulness in:

1. God’s principles for Christian lifestyle (Honesty, Modesty,;

the way we spend our (God’s) time and money) (Eph. 6:6; 1
Cor. 4:1, 2)
2. Representing Christ’s character (Jn. 13:15)
3. Personal worship and Christian growth (Mark 4:28)
4. Serving God and others (John 20:21)
5. Trials and persecution (Revelation 2:10)
6. Obeying God and keeping his commandments (Rev. 14:12)
7. In the little things (Luke 16:10-12)
 Col. 3:23

“And whatsoever ye do, do it

heartily, as to the Lord, and not
unto men…”
 Review and herald, Sept. 22, 1891

Faithfulness, economy, care-taking, thoroughness,

should characterize all our work, wherever we
may be, whether in the kitchen, in the workshop,
in the office of publication, in the sanitarium, in
the college, or wherever we are stationed in the
vineyard of the Lord….
 Luke 18:8

“When the son of man

commeth, will he find faith
on the earth?”
 Prov. 20:6

Most men will proclaim every one

his own goodness: But a faithful
man who can find?
 Matt. 10:22

And ye shall be hated of all

men for my name’s sake: but
he that endureth to the end
shall be saved.
 Matt. 25:21

Well done, thou good and faithful

servant: thou hast been faithful over a
few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of
thy lord.
 — Messages to Young People, 145

At the day of judgment, those who have been

faithful in their everyday life, who have been
quick to see their work and do it, not thinking
of praise or profit, will hear the words,
“Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.”
Prayer Time...