Overcomers

Jesus said this, “be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world,” in John 16:33.  If Jesus overcame the world, is it possible for us to overcome it also if we are true believers?  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the son of God can overcome the world.  Read what God’s Word says in John 17:13-19 when Jesus was praying for His disciples, “But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.”

I believe the Word of God tells us that we can overcome the world if we will keep our minds fixed on Jesus and His kingdom like He did, and not on the things of this world.  The Word says to seek His kingdom first and His righteousness, and if we do this then we can, with His help, overcome the world.  

The evil one tempts us with these things just like He tried to get Jesus to sin in the wilderness, read 1 John 2:15-17, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”  Every day we are tempted to get our eyes and minds on the worldly things and all of its pleasures so that we will be enticed to indulge in the things that the world has to offer that are contrary to the word of God.

Read what 1 John 5:1-12, “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

So, if we seek God and His kingdom first and keep ourselves from being polluted in the world, and if we resist the evil one’s advances, we, with the good Lord’s help, will be able to overcome the world, praise the Lord!!  I have given you something to think about and I pray that it will be an encouragement and help to you!!  May the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a super day!!