Triumphal Entry
FIDES NOSTRA VICTORIA (Our Faith is our Victory)
1 John 5:4 (NKJV) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
How do you define faith? As a noun it denotes the faith of Christ. As a verb it denotes how we live out our beliefs in life -- to believe what you know to be true but cannot presently see: "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we don't see" (Hebrews 11:1). It is trust in the person of Christ as the way, the truth and the life. (Ted Schroder SOUL FOOD: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE HUNGRY, Vol.4, October, November and December)
The War and Battlefield
Life is a battlefield in the war of good and evil between the children of God and Satan, the ruler of this society that is opposed to God. The Bible warns us;
Job 14:1 (NKJV) "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.
Jesus told His disciples
John 16:33 (NKJV) These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
How Do We Win?
1 John 5:4 (NKJV) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV) But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. and we share in his victory as we trust in him. "He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
We Don't Just Win but We Are More Than Conquerors
Romans 8:37 (NKJV) Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
The Greek word that Paul uses for conqueror here is hypernikaō; which means to vanquish beyond, i.e. gain a decisive victory :- more than conquers (Strong's Dictionary of the Bible). If we are more than conquerors then that means we win an overwhelming victory.
Overwhelming Victory over Accusation
We have overwhelming victory over those who question or make accusation against us about our relationship with the Lord. God has justified us.
Romans 8:33 (NKJV) Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
1 John 5:4 (NKJV) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
How do you define faith? As a noun it denotes the faith of Christ. As a verb it denotes how we live out our beliefs in life -- to believe what you know to be true but cannot presently see: "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we don't see" (Hebrews 11:1). It is trust in the person of Christ as the way, the truth and the life. (Ted Schroder SOUL FOOD: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE HUNGRY, Vol.4, October, November and December)
The War and Battlefield
Life is a battlefield in the war of good and evil between the children of God and Satan, the ruler of this society that is opposed to God. The Bible warns us;
Job 14:1 (NKJV) "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.
Jesus told His disciples
John 16:33 (NKJV) These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
How Do We Win?
1 John 5:4 (NKJV) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV) But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. and we share in his victory as we trust in him. "He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
We Don't Just Win but We Are More Than Conquerors
Romans 8:37 (NKJV) Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
The Greek word that Paul uses for conqueror here is hypernikaō; which means to vanquish beyond, i.e. gain a decisive victory :- more than conquers (Strong's Dictionary of the Bible). If we are more than conquerors then that means we win an overwhelming victory.
Overwhelming Victory over Accusation
We have overwhelming victory over those who question or make accusation against us about our relationship with the Lord. God has justified us.
Romans 8:33 (NKJV) Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
Overwhelming Victory Through Our Faith In God
Overwhelming Victory over Condemnation
We have overwhelming victory over those who condemn us, saying that we are unworthy of having a relationship with the Lord. Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood so that we would be declared righteous.
Romans 8:34 (NKJV) Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Overwhelming Victory over all Things Thrown in our Direction
Satan and the world are our enemies and they throw everything, including the kitchen sink ( affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword ) at the children of God. It doesn’t matter we are still overwhelmingly victorious.
Romans 8:35 (NKJV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
We Don’t Avoid We Triumph
We can’t avoid attack, accusation, or condemnation but we triumph over them through our faith. The battle is often painful but remember what Jesus said
Matthew 10:22 (NKJV) And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
God gets more glory from our lives when our faith is being purified through trials. When we are under pressure we are being purified like gold which is heated until it melts so that the impurities can be skimmed off the top.
Peter says that we should rejoice when we face trials because the genuineness of our faith is in fact more precious than gold,
1 Peter 1:6-7 (NKJV) 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
We have overwhelming victory over those who condemn us, saying that we are unworthy of having a relationship with the Lord. Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood so that we would be declared righteous.
Romans 8:34 (NKJV) Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Overwhelming Victory over all Things Thrown in our Direction
Satan and the world are our enemies and they throw everything, including the kitchen sink ( affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword ) at the children of God. It doesn’t matter we are still overwhelmingly victorious.
Romans 8:35 (NKJV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
We Don’t Avoid We Triumph
We can’t avoid attack, accusation, or condemnation but we triumph over them through our faith. The battle is often painful but remember what Jesus said
Matthew 10:22 (NKJV) And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
God gets more glory from our lives when our faith is being purified through trials. When we are under pressure we are being purified like gold which is heated until it melts so that the impurities can be skimmed off the top.
Peter says that we should rejoice when we face trials because the genuineness of our faith is in fact more precious than gold,
1 Peter 1:6-7 (NKJV) 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Why We Are More Than Conquerors
The reason that we have overwhelming victory is not because we are so strong, or so expert in strategy. We are more than conquerors because of and through the love that Christ has for us. So much love that He shed His blood, and gave His life for us on the cross. We are victorious Jesus loves us and His love guarantees our victory over everything that comes against us.
We Can Be Victorious Only By Our Faith
We can only overcome and be victorious in the battle of life by our faith. We don’t win because we’re smarter, or stronger, or richer. We these things are important and we can use them but in this battle against Satan and the world these things will not give us victory. The one who becomes more than a conqueror is the one who has faith that they can win, that they can achieve, that they can persevere and do the hard work necessary to be victorious.
"Faith is the monarch of the realms of the mind. There is no being superior to its strength, no creature which will not bow to its Divine prowess. The lack of faith makes a man despicable, it shrivels him up so small that he might live in a nutshell. Give him faith and he is a leviathan that can dive into the depths of the sea. He is a warhorse that cries aha! Aha! In the battle. He is a giant that takes nations and crumbles them in his hand, who encounters hosts and at a sword they vanish. He binds up sheaves of scepters and gathers up all the crowns as his own. There is nothing like faith. Faith makes you almost as Omnipotent as God, by the borrowed might of its Divinity! Give us faith and we can do all things!" (C.H. Spurgeon, Sermon #14, March 18, 1855)
If you have never accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior then you will be a causality in this war. You are no match for Satan and this world no matter what resources you have outside of God. If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior then that same faith that you exhibited when you made that decision is the faith that will cause you to be victorious. Not just victorious but more than a conqueror.
Here’s the formula straight from the word of God;
Romans 10:9-10 (NKJV) that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you are tired of being defeated pray this prayer right now.
“Dear God, I am a sinner and need forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for my sin. I am willing to turn from sin. I now invite Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior.”
If you have just prayed this prayer, in all sincerity, call, text, email, Tweet, change your Facebook status and tell somebody, leave me a comment here or send me an email with this Link. Then find a bible believing church and start to fellowship with other believers. Welcome to the family of God.
<=====If You Don't Have a Bible or Want a New One Click Here====>
If you have a story that you want to share please leave it in the comments below.
God bless you.
The reason that we have overwhelming victory is not because we are so strong, or so expert in strategy. We are more than conquerors because of and through the love that Christ has for us. So much love that He shed His blood, and gave His life for us on the cross. We are victorious Jesus loves us and His love guarantees our victory over everything that comes against us.
We Can Be Victorious Only By Our Faith
We can only overcome and be victorious in the battle of life by our faith. We don’t win because we’re smarter, or stronger, or richer. We these things are important and we can use them but in this battle against Satan and the world these things will not give us victory. The one who becomes more than a conqueror is the one who has faith that they can win, that they can achieve, that they can persevere and do the hard work necessary to be victorious.
"Faith is the monarch of the realms of the mind. There is no being superior to its strength, no creature which will not bow to its Divine prowess. The lack of faith makes a man despicable, it shrivels him up so small that he might live in a nutshell. Give him faith and he is a leviathan that can dive into the depths of the sea. He is a warhorse that cries aha! Aha! In the battle. He is a giant that takes nations and crumbles them in his hand, who encounters hosts and at a sword they vanish. He binds up sheaves of scepters and gathers up all the crowns as his own. There is nothing like faith. Faith makes you almost as Omnipotent as God, by the borrowed might of its Divinity! Give us faith and we can do all things!" (C.H. Spurgeon, Sermon #14, March 18, 1855)
If you have never accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior then you will be a causality in this war. You are no match for Satan and this world no matter what resources you have outside of God. If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior then that same faith that you exhibited when you made that decision is the faith that will cause you to be victorious. Not just victorious but more than a conqueror.
Here’s the formula straight from the word of God;
Romans 10:9-10 (NKJV) that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you are tired of being defeated pray this prayer right now.
“Dear God, I am a sinner and need forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for my sin. I am willing to turn from sin. I now invite Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior.”
If you have just prayed this prayer, in all sincerity, call, text, email, Tweet, change your Facebook status and tell somebody, leave me a comment here or send me an email with this Link. Then find a bible believing church and start to fellowship with other believers. Welcome to the family of God.
<=====If You Don't Have a Bible or Want a New One Click Here====>
If you have a story that you want to share please leave it in the comments below.
God bless you.
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