Jesus Overcame so We can Overcome

 Revelation 10-14

“The great dragon was hurled down – that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him…For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.”

Revelation 12:9-11

We are in a spiritual battle every day if we choose to know and follow Jesus Christ. Our enemy, the devil, is leading the whole world astray through addictions, false belief systems, and fear. These deceptions pull at our soul even while we follow Jesus. Any slip or stumble is followed by the accuser’s lies. Heaven is not silent. A loud voice declares they overcame him’. We are defined by Christ’s victorious, sacrificial love for us, not by the tempter’s lies. We overcome sin and temptation by the blood of the Lamb that cleanses us from all sin. We overcome the lies, belief systems, and false religions of Satan by the word of our testimony of the gospel of truth. We overcome the threats of Satan to silence and intimidate the Church, by ‘loving not our lives unto death’. We daily take up our cross, die to self, including self-preservation, and follow Jesus on his mission to reach every nation, tribe, and language with his Gospel.

“Lord Jesus, you overcame so I can overcome, for your glory.”