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in. Let’s get this show going!” All of that is so different than down here.
There will be rewards passed out, and they will be in the form of crowns.

1. The Crown of Righteousness
“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his
kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,
rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And

they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto
fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of
an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be
offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the

righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto
all them also that love his appearing” (2 Tim. 4:1-8).
The first crown is called the crown of righteousness, and it is given to
people who love His appearing. Paul said, “Not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing.” Now, let’s see how well you stand in
receiving that crown. How many of you want the Lord Jesus Christ to come
back, and you would like to see Him come back tonight? If so, you have a

crown. Jesus said, “Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown” (Rev. 3:11). Don’t ever let the second coming of Christ get to be a
commonplace thing to you. Don’t ever let it get to the place that you don’t
look forward to seeing Him. I don’t know what kind of a church that you go
to, and I wouldn’t tell you what kind of a church to go to, and I wouldn’t
tell you that Bible Baptist here in Pensacola is the only church in the world;

but if you are hanging around a church where the preacher doesn’t talk
about the second coming of Christ, and doesn’t love the second coming, and
doesn’t want Christ to come back, I wouldn’t stay around that dump long
enough to hang my hat on a hook. There’s a fellow going all over the world
with a half of a grapefruit on his head not saying one word about the second
coming of Christ. He’ll steal your crown. “Hold that fast which thou hast,
that no man take thy crown.”