The Scriptures are all powerful in breaking down strongholds, raising up those who are pressed down, and guiding us into experiencing the Lord’s victory over all things. In this segment we set forth a series of subjects with appropriate Scriptures that strengthen faith, and lead to overcoming in the Lord.
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“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.” 1 John 4:4-5.
This is a comparison between He who is in you, who is Jesus Christ, and he who is in the world, who is Satan. In times of spiritual warfare and suffering, we can be reassured that Jesus Christ within us is far greater in power that Satan and his demon spirits.
“As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.” John 6:57-58.
God sent Jesus to live His life on this earth in union with Him, drawing on the indwelling life of the Father to meet every need. Jesus instructed us to live our lives in the same manner, feeding on Him, or drawing on His indwelling life to meet our needs. He who feeds on Jesus will have the source of divine life that supplements his own ability and capacity.
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?...For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Rom 8: 35-36 and 38-39.
There are times when we are faced with dire circumstances that make us feel estranged from God. Satan directs accusations into our minds, like, God has abandoned us; we are about to die; our sins have separated us from God and His love; God can’t help us, and so forth.
The first thing to realise is that these accusations do not originate from us. They are directed into our minds by Satan who is a liar, and that we can completely disregard them. The second thing is to believe the Scriptural truth spoken by the apostle Paul. NOTHING can separate us from the love of God and His desire to help us. Even when he was in the belly of the great fish at the bottom of the ocean, God heard Jonah’s prayed and came to his rescue.
There are times when God delays helping us, but these times of suffering are for our refinement, forging holiness in us, so that we may draw closer to Him.
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
1 John 4:9-10.
God’s love towards us is absolutely unmerited by us, not depending on our love for Him, or our moral purity. He loves us because His nature is to love even sinners, desiring that they might believe on the Lord Jesus and be saved. Not only does He desire our salvation, but that we might receive Jesus Christ as our life, and learn to live through Him.
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