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1/23/12

Tuesday Devotional...1/24/12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation:
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life,
which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James 1:12

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In James 1:12, the apostle is saying that the man who overcomes trials becomes a man of sterling worth and emerges strong and pure spiritually. But what must we overcome? In Revelation, each of the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor contains the phrase "to him who overcomes." Later, in a summary statement near the end of the book, Christ says, "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son" (Revelation 21:7). It is obvious that overcoming is a prime activity in a Christian's life.

Paul says we are in a warfare against "spiritual wickedness" (Ephesians 6:12, KJV). He also writes that "the carnal mind is enmity against God" (Romans 8:7) and that "those who are in the flesh cannot please God" (verse 8). John says those who "overcome the wicked one" are strong (I John 2:14), and then he says we are not to love the world or its lusts and pride (verses 15-16).

We have, therefore, three general areas in which to overcome:




1. We must overcome Satan, his demons, and their evil influence.
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2. We must overcome
this world and its ways.
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3. We must overcome our fleshly, carnal, human nature.
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The way that Christ taught to overcome is not only to avoid sin, but to do what is good and right. Paul explains this succinctly to the Christians in Rome, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21). So we see that the crown of life is a crown of righteousness, and righteousness can be defined simply as "right doing." An overcomer is victorious over sin!

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  1. Jan AJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:06 PM

    I believe that the only way to overcome Satan is through Jesus Christ and faith in him. That is true overcoming evil with good. We are unable to do this on our own and please God without faith in Christ. God forgives us then when we try to please him by not sinning but we are unable to always do so.

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  2. Jan AJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    Those who do NOT have faith in Christ, rejecting his forgiveness, will be sentenced to hell. The verse Jer 7:31 Val noted above has to do with the people worshipping false gods and sacrificing their own to those false gods - God says he does not desire sacrifices, especially of their own children. However, in the same chapter, Jer 7:20 God says man WILL burn when they worship false gods: ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.' And Jer 19:5 talks of the same thing, God saying he did not desire that they sacrifice their children to Baal. But the rest of the chapter talks about how God will destroy that city and the villages around it because of their unbelief.

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