READ: 1
JOHN 5:1-5
Military
strategists and war veterans cherish victory more than the ordinary man in the
street. Nothing is more important to the man fighting a war than victory. Today,
our text centres on the word “overcome”. What do we mean by the phrase “to
overcome”? Nobody overcomes without waging war. Whoever wishes to be an
overcomer must be ready to fight. The Bible admonishes us to fight the good
fight of faith. A good fight is the fight that you win. Which war are we
talking about? This war started a long time ago. God had someone that could be
called His ADC. All important military officers, for instance, always have
someone beside them to do certain jobs for them. The ADC of God was Lucifer,
also called Satan. He was beautiful and glorious. He was also wise. God created
him so well that He made an organ in his body, always ready to sing for God. He
was anointed cherub. A time came, however, when this ADC of God wanted to be
like God. He decided to create a throne of his own, which would be higher than
that of God. He decided to show the other angels that he was superior to them.
He called a mutiny. He promised the angels an unlimited power and freedom. A
third of the angels supported him. This as how the war began. God sent Lucifer
out of Heaven. He came to earth and more problems started. Why is the devil
interested in you and me? Why did the incident in the Garden of Eden happen?
God created Adam in His own image and gave him tremendous power and wisdom. In
the Garden of Eden, God gave the dominion of the entire world unto Adam. He was
the manager of the whole earth: of the fishes, animals and birds. You can then
imagine the kind of intellect that he had. Adam has tremendous physical
strength and fantastic managerial abilities. He also had a very wonderful
brain. In spite of this, Adam fell. The devil decided to stop man from enjoying
the blessings of God. Satan is conscious of the fact that if he should leave
you alone, you will enjoy the benefits which he lost through rebellion. That is
why he is fighting you on all sides.
MEMORIZE:
REVELATION 12:11 –And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of their testimony, and they did not their lives to the flesh to the dead.
