TERRY SIMPSON: HOW TO HAVE CONSTANT VICTORY OVER ALL YOUR ENEMIES

Описание: The PRINCIPLE of Constant Victory Over All Our Enemies

I want you to notice this principle of death and life in the following verses. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.” (Jn.12:24) And “So also is the resurrection from the dead The body is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor and weakness, and it is raised in glory and power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.” (1Cor.15:42-44) The natural body dies and a glorious, incorruptible, powerful body is raised to life in its place. Keep that in mind when you consider the crucified life that Christ calls and equips us to live.

A principle is a law. Law is not a bad thing; it’s just the way things work. God created the universe with natural and spiritual laws. We are familiar with physical laws; the law of gravity is just one of them. We must find out what those laws are and work with them to achieve success in any area. We must learn about these laws and cooperate with God in order to see what and how He does things, and why. There is the law of works; there is the law of faith; there is the law of sowing and reaping (2Cor.9:6), and the law of sin and death.

The main principle in the kingdom of God is the law of death and life. You might say it’s the law of life and death and life. God gives life, things die, and from that death comes a richer form of life (1Cor.15:42-43). This law has been called the Law of the Death of the Dream. The dream is great, but to reach its fulfillment there must be the death of it. Death and resurrection is a law of the kingdom of God. It is seen the most clearly and all examples show the gospel.

The death of a dream is the gospel way to constant victory. There are lots of examples of this in the Bible. Abraham got a promise from God that he would have many kids with a great place to live. But by the time he was 100 years old he had no children and had lived in a foreign land. He had the God-given dream and then the death of that dream. You can feel the pain of the death of the dream as you read his story in Genesis. But then when Sarah’s womb was dead he had the son God had promised and from this one son God gave him children as many as the stars and sand.

Joseph has a similar story. In his childhood God gave him a great dream; he would rule over his family. But soon afterward He found himself in prison in a foreign land. The dream was dead, but it was followed by the well-known resurrection. He ascended to the throne of Egypt and saved Abraham’s whole family. David began with great promise from God. He was anointed by Samuel and the Holy Spirit, killed Goliath and led Israel in victory after victory over the Philistines. Next thing you know he is Public Enemy #1 and hiding in caves for years just to save his life. But then King Saul is killed and David is exalted to be Israel’s greatest king. Time would fail to tell of Samson, Gideon, the kings, and others who experienced the death of their dream and then their resurrection. This is the way it is and the way God works to show the gospel of His beloved Son. The clearest picture of the death of the dream is seen in Jesus. He was born King of the Jews. He rode into Jerusalem with shouts of a multitude who wanted to crown Him king. He was the King of the kingdom of God. But before the week is over, He is dead on a cross and laid in a tomb. We know what happened after that.

To live in constant resurrection victory, we must consistently live “the crucified life.”

Paul put it like this, “I die daily.” (1Cor.15:31) This is what Jesus meant when He said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” (Lk.9:23) The cross is where we die to all our enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. Just like Jesus we die to our own life for the sake of others. If you want to live in constant victory over all your enemies, you must live in the power of the gospel of His death and resurrection.