In Christ Alone there is Redemption reason to trust reason to hope contentment the true church inheritance holiness spiritual blessings VICTORY IN CHRIST In Christ We Have Victory over this World ID: 689646
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We have victory
Russ EarlSlide2
In Christ Alone there is:
Redemption
reason to trust
reason to hopecontentmentthe true churchinheritanceholinessspiritual blessings
VICTORY IN CHRISTSlide3
In Christ We Have Victory over this World.Slide4
Christ tells us not be consumed with the worry found in this world.
31“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Matthew 6:31-32Slide5
Christ tells us not be consumed with the worry found in this world.
And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
Luke 12:15Slide6
Christ tells us not be consumed with the worry found in this world.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10Slide7
Christ is the best friend of all
You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
John 15:14Slide8
Christ is the best friend of all
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13Slide9
Christ is the best friend of all
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James 1:2-4Slide10
In Christ We Have Victory over the 2nd DeathSlide11
Christ saves us from
the torture of hell.
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5Slide12
Christ saves us from
the torture of hell.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9Slide13
Christ saves us from
the torture of hell.
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you were not willing! Matthew 23:37Slide14
Christ’s victory brings us to God.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:13Slide15
Christ’s victory brings us to God.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17Slide16
Lessons for us todaySlide17
Victory through Christ comes
by Obedience.
1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
Isaiah 59:1-2Slide18
Victory through Christ comes
by Obedience.
And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
Hebrews 5:9Slide19
Failure to obey results in spiritual defeat.
5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
2 Peter 2:5-6Slide20
Failure to obey results in spiritual defeat.
12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Ephesians 2:12
a. No Obedience, No Victory, No help from God = No Hope
b. Only complete and utter defeat.Slide21
Conclusion
1. The God saves through Christ, to uttermost, saves completely those who obey.
Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:25Slide22
Conclusion
The God saves through Christ, to uttermost, saves completely those who obey.
Therefore the question is, will you obey and gain the victory in Christ?Slide23
Obeying the gospel means:
Hearing
-Romans 10:17
Believing in Christ as the Son of God - John 8:24Repenting of Sin - Luke 13:2-3Confess Christ as the Son of God before Men - John 12:42Be Baptized for the Remission of Sins - Acts 2:37-38Remain Faithful to God – John 14:15Slide24
What the Christian must do if in sin:
Repent
- Luke 13:4-5
Pray – James 5:16