THREE V’S FOR VICTORY
1 JOHN
1 John 5:4
King James Version
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Psalm 24
King James Version
24 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
TITUS 2
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
How can we live in today’s world?
We can be conformed to the world or transformed by God’s spirit; we have a choice.
So how are we to live in today’s world:
The first way, we have to live in today’s world is:
VIRTUOSLY
We live in a dark and dangerous world; we are to live holy lives in a world that is sinful and dirty. In psalm 24, we have instructions on how we are to live in respect of our actions and words.
In 1 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus, there are many verses that tell us, how to live in today’s world, one of the things that is interesting is that the word Sober is mentioned several times especially in Titus 2.
We are told not to be drunk with wine in Ephesians 5:18, we are to be sober. We cannot watch if we are drunk. A drunk man wants to sleep, all he is interested in is the next drink.
But we have to be constantly watching, denying worldly lusts, the way to live is to follow Titus 2:12, to live soberly, righteously and godly lives in the midst of a perverse and evil generation, cleansing our minds through the continual washing of the word of God in our lives Psalm 119, Romans 12:1-2 and Colossians 3:16
VISIONARY
Secondly, we must be visionaries, in several ways.
Isaiah had a vision of the glory of God in Isaiah 6, we must have a deep and full relationship with God, time must be spent in God’s presence, through intimate fellowship with the Father Matthew 6:6.
That will create a deep and passionate vision for the lost, Isaiah had this vision of God, but it wasn’t so he could stay in that situation, the call to him was, I want someone to go, who will go for us.
Vision for God’s work and vision for God’s glory are inseparable, they come together. We need to have a vision to reach out with God’s word, We need to have a vision of God in all his glory but that vision and encounter, must drive us to worship and to sharing his glory with a needy world.
VICTOROUSLY
We have the victory in Jesus, ultimate victory belongs to us.
Revelation 12:11
King James Version
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Ultimate victory belongs to us, but also daily victory belongs to us. We are able to overcome the world, these wonderful verses in 1 John are so relevant to us:
1 JOHN 2
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 JOHN 5
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
We are victorious, we follow a victor, Jesus defeated sin and the devil, we will trip up daily, we will fail, but the more we become the image of Jesus by soaking ourselves in his word, we will have the victory.
Are you living a virtuous life?
Are you living a visionary life?
Are you living a victorious life?
God bless you
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