'Who are conquerors? They are those who have gained the victory.
"We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." It is not flesh and blood that we are fighting against, therefore flesh and blood are of no account in the defense. Then how do we meet the foe? "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life."
1Ti_6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses
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There comes in that life question again. "Lay hold on eternal life." The only power that can resist evil is the power of an endless life, and He that hath the Son hath that life. We are to fight the good fight of faith. What is faith? Trusting in another. If I fight a fight with my fists, I do the fighting. If I fight the fight of faith, someone else is fighting for me, and I am getting the benefit. We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Well how is this? Christ has fought, has He not? Yes, He has fought hand to hand with Satan here on earth. He conquered Satan and all his host, and He has put down all might and dominion, for He has put above all "principality and power and might."
Mark, those are the very things that we wrestle with. How great was the victory of Christ over them? "Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made show of them openly, triumphing over them in himself." Colossians 2:15. So Christ met these very enemies that we have to wrestle with, and He triumphed over them and spoiled them. he has gained the victory over them. What is the result? What always must be the result when a battle has been fought and one side has conquered the other completely--peace. Satan would not give in, so the Saviour conquered a peace.
"He is our peace." "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27. As He has given us His peace and peace follows victory, so the victory has been gained already. And if we have Christ, that victory is ours already. We simply lay hold of the eternal life of Christ and that is done by laying hold of His word, which is spirit and life. Thus we bring Christ into our hearts and so we have Christ, and the victory that He has won for us.' (Excerpt- E.J. Waggoner)
1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life…
1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life…
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Fighting the good fight of faith is having the victory in Christ. We are only conquerors through Jesus Christ, we conqueror nothing of worth on our own, the victory is Christ's, His victory is our victory through faith. The good fight- of faith. We get Christ's peace, a peace He leaves with us- a peace the world cannot give to us. Our hearts should not be troubled or afraid- there is victory in Christ, we lay hold on eternal life through Christ all through faith.
"We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." It is not flesh and blood that we are fighting against, therefore flesh and blood are of no account in the defense. Then how do we meet the foe? "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life."
1Ti_6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses
.
There comes in that life question again. "Lay hold on eternal life." The only power that can resist evil is the power of an endless life, and He that hath the Son hath that life. We are to fight the good fight of faith. What is faith? Trusting in another. If I fight a fight with my fists, I do the fighting. If I fight the fight of faith, someone else is fighting for me, and I am getting the benefit. We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Well how is this? Christ has fought, has He not? Yes, He has fought hand to hand with Satan here on earth. He conquered Satan and all his host, and He has put down all might and dominion, for He has put above all "principality and power and might."
Mark, those are the very things that we wrestle with. How great was the victory of Christ over them? "Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made show of them openly, triumphing over them in himself." Colossians 2:15. So Christ met these very enemies that we have to wrestle with, and He triumphed over them and spoiled them. he has gained the victory over them. What is the result? What always must be the result when a battle has been fought and one side has conquered the other completely--peace. Satan would not give in, so the Saviour conquered a peace.
"He is our peace." "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27. As He has given us His peace and peace follows victory, so the victory has been gained already. And if we have Christ, that victory is ours already. We simply lay hold of the eternal life of Christ and that is done by laying hold of His word, which is spirit and life. Thus we bring Christ into our hearts and so we have Christ, and the victory that He has won for us.' (Excerpt- E.J. Waggoner)
1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life…
1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life…
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Fighting the good fight of faith is having the victory in Christ. We are only conquerors through Jesus Christ, we conqueror nothing of worth on our own, the victory is Christ's, His victory is our victory through faith. The good fight- of faith. We get Christ's peace, a peace He leaves with us- a peace the world cannot give to us. Our hearts should not be troubled or afraid- there is victory in Christ, we lay hold on eternal life through Christ all through faith.