Called to Overcome (video)
The word I shared at the Father’s House, Cochin, on January 02, 2011
My notes are below
For Troubled Times – Psalms 50-56;
Seven psalms of David teach us how to respond when we bring trouble on ourselves, and when others betray us.
Psalm 55
16 As for me, I will call upon God,
And the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For there were many against me.
19 God will hear, and afflict them,
Even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.
18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, For there were many against me.
Redeemed
1) To recover ownership of by paying a specific sum
2) To set free from
3) To save from a state of sinfullness and its consequences
Jesus redeems
Galatians 3:13-14
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”[a]),
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
22 Cast your burden on the LORD,
And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
We must distinguish between the burden-bearing that is right and the burden-bearing that is wrong.
We ought never to bear the burden of sin or of doubt,
but there are burdens placed on us by God which He does not intend to lift off, He wants us to roll them back on Him.
“Cast that He hath given thee upon the Lord.” (R.V. marg.)
Luke 10:19
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
1 John 5:
4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Revelation 2:7
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”’
Revelation 2:17
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.”’
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
Matthew 10:30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Psalm 31:15
My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
John 17: 15-23
15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will[e] believe in Me through their word;
21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
There are three things that make us an Overcomer:
1. Faith-
We overcome by our faith-
The Bible says to put on the shield of faith, that we might quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
2. The Blood-
Rev. 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
We overcome by the Blood-
The Blood of Jesus has the same power today, that it had two thousand years ago.
We are overcomers because of what Jesus did for us on the cross – because of the Blood that he shed for us.
1 Peter 1:18 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed by such corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:”
Precious means costly. Jesus gave his very life that we might be redeemed. That blood is just as precious today as it was two thousand years ago!
3. The Word of Our Testimony-
Rev. 12:11 “…and the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
This verse could also read, “The Word of God in their testimony.” The “logos” of their testimony.
We overcome by the Word of God-
We are over comers through our testimony.