Friday, May 9, 2008

The Overcomers Get All the Good Stuff! Intro


The Overcomers Get All the Good Stuff! Intro
Brad Reiches
May 9 2008 12:33PM

The Purpose
of
GodThoughtsWired!

GodThoughts Wired! exists to, "Evangelize the Church in the Age of Delusion." The era the Bible refers to as "the beginning of birth pangs," is here (see Mark 13:9). The age of "delusion" has begun! (see 2 Thessalonians 2:10-15). False teachers and false gospels are everywhere! The "angel of light" (see 2 Corinthians 11:14) has become so influential in the "visible church" that even "false bibles" have made their way into mainstream Christianity (i.e. "The Message").

Tens of millions of sincere church-goers are being led astray by celebrity pastors and teachers presenting a "false gospel of grace" nowhere to be found in scripture. GodThoughtsWired! exists to make sure that when Jesus says, "Depart from Me, I never knew you"...He's not talking to you!


Friday, May 9, 2008
GodThoughtsWired!

  "The Overcomers Get All The Good Stuff!"
INTRODUCTION

"To him who overcomes..."
Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21

Here's a concept that I believe with all my heart:

Before we can become we must first overcome.

In fact, I can make a pretty good argument from scripture that "overcomer" is synonymous with "Christian."  Consider the following verses,

"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world...
and who is the one who overcomes, but he who believes
that Jesus is the Son of God."
1 John 5:4-5 (bold mine)

Additionally, Revelation 21:7 tells us that the common-denominator in Heaven is this very attribute!  "He who overcomes shall inherit these things."

Before we can "become" all that God intends for us, we must first learn how to "overcome" the enemies and obstacles that keep us from "becoming."  There are five key areas in which we must develop the skills and attain the knowledge to overcome.  They are:

-Sin.

"Sin is crouching at your door,
and its desire is for you, but you must master it."
Genesis 4:7

-Self.

"The heart is deceitful above all else and desperately sick."
Jeremiah 17:9

-The World.

"Do not love the world or the things in the world."
1 John 2:15

-Demonic Forces.

"Our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the powers,
against the world forces of darkness,
against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6:12

-Other People.

"'They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you,
for I am with you to deliver you', declares the Lord."
Jeremiah 1:19

REMEMBER:

The overcomers get all the good stuff!

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