God wants you to be victorious! Satan wants you to be defeated! Your soul is beyond his reach, but you can still be touched through the world and his subtle suggestions. What a dead drag the defeated Christian is to himself and to all around him! What a hindrance to the cause of Christ! He does not glorify God, and he constantly sheds a negative influence of defeatism on others. But listen to John: For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith (I John 5:4). Who is born of God? Look at I John 5:1: Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. Who overcomes the world? The one who is born of God. When you become a child of God, the victory begins. You are saved, eternally saved. All of the essentials for victory are in your possession. Plainly , John tells us that no one can overcome the world save he who is born of the Spirit. Are you born of God? Then you are an overcomer. But how do we overcome? The answer is by faith. This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. By the same faith through which you were saved, you over come the world. This victory is not accomplished all at one stroke. It is a lifelong business. We are to be overcomers day by day as we exercise our faith. Now here is a big verse that we need to remember Romans 10:17, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.This was so in salvation. We had to hear the Word of God; we were convicted by the Holy Spirit, and we received Christ as Savior. It is so in the life of conquest. If there is to be over coming faith, then we must turn to the infallible Word of God.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:13:51 +0000
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