Funeral: Wilma Wykle
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Introduction
Introduction
Story about Wilma being crowned Queen of the Hubbard Care Center
The type of person who didn’t seek out lots of attention.
Was so shocked that when everyone voted for her.
She was thrilled and couldn’t wrap her mind around this great honor being bestowed upon her.
She was humble, but was graciously given a crown.
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Context:
The Apostle Paul near the end of his life
Paul was going to, and now has, received the crown of righteousness.
As he looked back at his life he had no regrets. Paul wasn’t afraid of death. In fact he was at peace . He even looked forward to crossing life’s finish line and receiving a victor’s crown. How could he have such peace and confidence? Do you have that kind of peace today in your heart? Can you look death in the face without fear? Could you stand before God with confidence and know that you will be accepted? Could you even be so bold as to expect a crown for the way you lived your life?
As you start to examine yourself you may start to feel a little uneasy.
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
How did Paul have such confidence in the face of death and judgment?
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Paul was a wretched sinner who even was an enemy of Jesus, a blasphemer, and violent oppressor. But God offered him mercy and forgiveness.
So Paul had a hope that he wants you to have as well. Do you see that even though you and I are sinful people and we should by all rights be afraid of death and standing before the Lord, we, even we can still have courage and peace?
This hope is because of another kind of crown. A crown of thorns.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.
Jesus, the eternal Son of God,
, “Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
HCSB
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people;
he glorifies the afflicted with salvation.
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
Wilma received a crown as the Queen of the Hubbard Care Center, but she has received a much more valuable crown now, the Crown of Life. She did not receive this crown because she had lived a perfect life or earned it by her own strenght and goodness, but because Jesus the son of God, the only sinless person who has ever lived took upon His head a crown of thorns.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
To Pastor/Shepherds
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
, “...Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
James 1:12
Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and his Bride has made herself ready;
it was granted her to clothe herself
with fine linen, bright and pure”—
for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.