Tag: victory
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Overcome at the Last – Genesis 49:19
Genesis 49:19 “Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.” In Gad, we see a persecuted people. The verse opens with pressure and conflict. “A troop shall overcome him.” That is not the language of ease. It is the language of assault. It is the language of being pressed, surrounded,…
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The Lion No One Can Rise Against – Genesis 49:9
Genesis 49:9 “Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?” Jacob now moves from praise and victory to a picture of settled strength. Judah is compared to a lion. Not a…
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The Deliverer They Could Not Defeat – Genesis 49:8
Genesis 49:8 “Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.” After Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, this verse feels like the clouds begin to break. Up to this point, there has been disappointment, failure, and scattering. But…
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A Blessing for the Journey – Genesis 24:59-60
Genesis 24:59-60 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. This is such a tender…
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The Countermove After Victory – Genesis 14:17
Genesis 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. Abram is coming back from a great victory. The battle is over. Lot has been rescued. The goods…
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It’s Not Over Yet – Revelation 20:14-15
Revelation 20:14-15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. These are heavy verses, but they end on a truth every child of God needs to hear. It’s not…
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One Angel, One Chain, No Contest – Revelation 20:1-2
Revelation 20:1-2 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. There is almost a holy simplicity in this…
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The Blood on His Robe – Revelation 19:13-14
Revelation 19:13-14 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. John sees Jesus riding forth, and one detail catches the eye immediately: He was clothed with…
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The Lamb Wins – Revelation 17:14
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. This is where the whole thing has been heading. The beast gathers kings. He builds alliances. He stirs…
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Water Walkers in Heaven – Revelation 15:2
Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. John is still in…
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More Than a Match for the Accuser – Revelation 12:11-12
Revelation 12:11-12 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down…
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Kept by Jesus – 1 John 5:17-18
1 John 5:17, 18 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. John begins by saying all unrighteousness is sin. He does not blur the line.…
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Victory Through a Person – 1 John 5:4-5
1 John 5:4, 5 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? John now tells us something every believer needs to hear. The world can…
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Pressure From the Inside – 1 John 4:4
1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Think about the submarines that descend miles beneath the ocean surface into places like the Mariana Trench. The pressure down there is crushing. Engineers build those submarines…
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Why Jesus Came – 1 John 3:5-8
1 John 3:5-8 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that…
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The Handle Is Gone – 1 Peter 3:19-20
1 Peter 3:19-20 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. These are mysterious verses, no doubt about it. Peter…
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Faith Is Not a Formula for Getting Your Way – Hebrews 11:32–35
Hebrews 11:32–35 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire,…