1 John 5:4-5: “For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. 5. Who is that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”
1 Corinthians 15:57: “But thanks be to God. Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” One of my favorite hymns is “Victory in Jesus.” It is a triumphant song of praise with a lilting tune. Look at these words from the chorus of this hymn: “O victory in Jesus, my Savior forever, He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood, He loved me ere I sought Him and all my love is due Him. He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.” What a triumphant theology this hymn promotes. What does it mean to have victory in Jesus? Jesus won the victory for us when He: “humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Philippians 2:8) Jesus willingly died on the cross to give us victory. Look at what John 10:17-18 tells us about the victory that Jesus bought for us with His own life: “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18. No man takes it from me, but lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from my Father.” Then in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed: “Nevertheless not My will but Thy will be done.” Jesus surrendered to death and took our sins upon Himself in order to give us the victory. While the victory over Satan and sin was won on the cross, the victory was sealed in Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus said: “I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it again.” This is a reference to His resurrection. Paul was referring to Christ’s resurrection when He wrote: “But thanks be unto God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” How do we claim this victory? Well, we don’t earn it. Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace through faith are you saved and that not of yourself, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.” John wrote: “…and this is the victory that overcomes the world even our faith.” John recorded in the first chapter of his gospel: “He came unto His own and His own received Him not. 12. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” Throughout the New Testament we are reminded that the victory that we have in Jesus is not really our victory but His. If you have victory in Jesus, rejoice and thank Him. If you don’t, you can claim it by faith today. Confess your sins and invite Jesus into your heart by faith and He will come into your life and give you His victory! Bro. Joe
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