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IN CHRIST, YOU ARE SUPERIOR TO THE WORLD - PART 1

SATURDAY 08 OCTOBER 2022


Every child of God defeats the evil world and we achieve this victory through our faith in the Lord. This topic holds forth the full assurance of endless dominion over the world and it is progressive in insight and knowledge, in the sense that it meets all the requirements of Christian faith. To simplify what I just said, I mean that in Christ Jesus, our victory over the world is ongoing, unending and transcendent, with the external evidences and outcomes of demonstrated faith.

Reference: 1 John 5:4 New King James Version (NKJV) "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our faith."


Everyone born of God overcomes the world. Furthermore, the conquering power of the Christian that conquers the world is faith. The Message translation puts it this way: "Every God-born person conquers the world's ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith." Beloved, this knowledge will not only influence our Christian lifestyle in a bold and fearless manner, but also practically establish our eternal victory over the world. The world's ways are their system, perspectives and way of doing things, their system of thought patterns, the immoral practices of the ungodly, the sinful pleasures, conformity to worldly principles, the worldly atmosphere of the wicked and unsaved souls alienated from God.


The truth is that the world is at enmity with God because they uphold a system of values, beliefs and priorities that excludes God's will and purpose. So the world, with its organised contrary system, strongly appears to be very hostile and highly incompatible with friendly reverence to God because the system is controlled by the evil One, known as the god of this world. Why is it so? It's because the Bible says, "Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God" (2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT).


For this reason, the world's systems support and validate the activities of the unsaved humankind and atmosphere where God is not really needed, regarded, welcomed or celebrated. Even godly worship is everything religiously motivated, intellectually oriented, worldly accepted and sightly refined, aside from Spirit-inspired devotions and therefore, cannot host the life-transforming atmosphere of the Spirit of God. So their earthly-minded purposes, carnal pursuits, worldly pleasures and spiritual practices can never please God. Got it?


Now that we've grasped the descriptive meaning of the "world", which is the anti-God system, at every moment of our Christian lives, we must endeavour to acknowledge who we truly are in order to exert the truth that we are destined to overcome the world: Yes, we are born of God. Now what does it mean to be born of God? It means to be born of the Spirit. Jesus said, "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again' (John 3:6 NIV). To be born again is to be born of the Spirit. It is accepting Christ as Lord and having Him as your present-moment possession, and in having Him, you receive the God-kind of life and function in realities far beyond the ordinary human experience and understanding.

Having been born of God, we automatically overcome the world because of His sovereign influence in our Christian lives. But essentially, we must put the knowledge to work in order to actively function in a victorious manner in this present world by exercising our faith in Christ because according to referenced Scripture, godly faith is the only "victory" or "conquering power" that overcomes the world. Stay tuned for part 2. Shalom!


Scripture Reading ; John 3:3; Romans 10:9-10; 1 Peter 1:23; John 1:12-13.


Exuberant Declaration: I am born of God because Christ indwells me. My spiritual senses discern the true God which is an ample proof that I belong to God and have overweight victory through Christ. Therefore, I strictly guard myself against any appearance of evil and corrupting influences of this present world, including ungodly men who live without Christ and host eventful possibilities far apart from God. I rejoice in acknowledging the truth that my faith in Christ is the conquering effect that overcomes the world as I exercise it from the standpoint of victory. Blessed be God!




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