Staying Right side Up in an Upside Down World Part 3:
The Conquerors
2 Timothy 3:1 ESV 1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
2 Timothy 3:14 ESV 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
Revelation 12:10-11 ESV 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
SO EVEN IF MORE AND MORE OF THE WORLD TURNS UPSIDE DOWN, WE WILL OVERCOME IT, INSTEAD OF BEING OVERCOME BY IT.
We conquer when we. .
1. Reject the accusation (By the blood of the lamb)
Revelation 12:10 ESV 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
LABELS HAVE LEVERAGE! Revelation 12:11 ESV 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Exodus 12:5-7 ESV 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. 7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
Exodus 12:13 ESV 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
John 1:29 NKJV 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
We conquer when we. . .
II. Reclaim our communication (by our testimony)
Revelation 12:11 ESV 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
“Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
III. Reorganize our affections (by not loving our lives)
Revelation 12:11 ESV 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 28And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame. 1 John 2:15 & 28
Philippians 1:21 NIV 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Romans 8:37 NIV 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
My Beginning. My Forever. 