Becoming an Overcomer In Christ

Revelations 12:11 - Show Context

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.

Overcoming Satan is not as easy as it seems to many. The subtle tactics and illusions and tricks the Devil uses are evident in the Church today simply because of the powerlessness that seems to prevail in Americanized Christianity. As a saint put it yesterday we are truly in the Laodecian Age where luikewarmness abounds.

There are two elements to the above scripture that must continually be in place to be an Overcomer In Christ;

The first is The Blood. The central most important thing Christ did for us is shed His Blood for the payment of our sins;

Romans 3:25 - Show Context
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Romans 5:9 - Show Context
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Ephesians 1:7 - Show Context
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 2:13 - Show Context
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

To access The Blood that is to have it active in your life you first must walk in the Light of Rightly Divided Truth:

1 John 1:7 - Show Context
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Walking in the Light begins by acknowledging Truth in your heart inclusive of not only the Gospel but the doctrines that followed by The Holy Spirit that begin revealing the evil of the world and its god satans false solutions. It requires this Truth becoming the acknowlegement of Gods Goodness while allowing its Light to reveal the evil of the world’s false solutions. We are certainly in the day that Isaiah prophesied where men would call evil good and good evil…a conditioned that’s prevalent in the dead churches today.

Walking in the Light and in fellowship keeps us cleansed from our besetting sins. This then has to render growth in us to obey Gods Word wherein the Blood still gets applied:

1Peter 1:2 - Show Context
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied

The next element in Overcoming satan is the Word of our testimony. This word is not our words but the flow of the Stream of Living Water of Gods Word in us as we grow in Truth. As we Overcome we share with others these testimonies and in this process our flesh gets crucified to The Death.

In Christ’s Love and Service,

James Pierson, OIC Senior Minister