Studies show that a surprisingly high percentage of patients do not follow their doctor's instructions to take all of their prescribed medicine over a period of time. When an antibiotic brings relief from an ear infection or fever in a day or so, the capsules go in the medicine cabinet. The doctor prescribed a process and the patient was satisfied with an event. How quickly we forget after the emergency has passed. We can conclude from Christ's letters to the churches that if we don't repent of our sin we are in jeopardy.
Every letter contains a promise for the person who overcomes.
Each promise points to a future reward in heaven with Christ. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. To him who overcomes and does My will to the end, I will give authority over the nations . . . . He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God.