Jase Robertson

It actually deceived the evil world because you wouldn't think they've been just running mayhem on humans by killing humans.

Think the evil one was a murderer from the beginning.

He introduced, going back to the garden, remember when the snake is there, speaking of snake handlers,

He's like, oh, you won't die.

Because here's this tree of life that's representing God's presence forever.

And where I'm going with this is, it's like hearing James.

He calls it the crown of life.

You're like, that is the crown?

And Philippians, when Paul used it, he talked about the people that he had

He was like, his joy, they were his crown of people who had given their life to Jesus.

That was his victory of people who are going to live forever.

And so I think...

It's an interesting phrase to use, especially in trials and temptations, and you hang in there and persevere, and it's like, at the end of the day, it's life.

That is true victory.

In 1 Corinthians 9, you remember Paul was using the illustration because it was an illustration of the Isthmus games we talked about when we studied Corinthians.

like an olympics type setting yeah so they would have these you know like things they would sew together like a some kind of plant that was their crown that you would get when you won the race that was their crown it's not what we think right usually exactly but that but he said but this crown is one that i mean that was just gonna at some point it's gonna die because it's not you know growing exactly and he's like look at all the hard work you do in the strict training you go in it that thing you

Don't even last long.

Exactly.

Like some flowers around your head.

Exactly.