READ: 1
JOHN 3:5-9
Immediately
a sinner becomes saved, God plants the seed of victory in him. This seed of
victory soon grows and becomes a tree of righteousness. A Christian is an
overcomer. He is given power to overcome sin, Satan and the flesh.
Additionally, he also overcomes the entire gamut of the circumstances of life.
The power that imbues the Christian victory is the Spirit of God. The moment
you become born again, the Spirit of God comes upon you. This is the Spirit
that created Adam. 1 John 4:4 says, “You are of God, little children, and have
overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
How can you assert that the One in you is greater than the one in the world? It
is by becoming an overcomer. There would be a fierce battle. Everyday, the
devil fights for your soul. He wants to rid your life of the glory of God. The
devil knows that when you become born again, you become more powerful than Adam
was and he wants to get you. He wants you on his side. He would use all kinds
of measures to lure you into his side so as to use the name of Jesus in a
negative way. He would offer you power, fame and glory. You must struggle to
remain an overcomer. You must be on the side of Jesus Christ. The battle will
be fierce. Sin would pursue you. The people of the world want to pull down.
They would offer you their power. Please reject their offers. 1 John 3:8-9
says, “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the
beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy
the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed
remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” To
remain an overcomer, you have to overcome the flesh. You have to walk in the
Spirit. You have to live a holy life. Do you want to overcome? Ask God to make
you an overcomer.
MEMORIZE:
GALATIANS 5:16 –I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh.
