I. Victory In Jesus, My Savior Forever
A. Text: I John 5:1-5
B. The Spirit of the Lord spoke to me and told me to ask this one question today – “How long are you going to live as a victim, when I’ve called you to be a victor?”
C. God has called us to victory. Amen? Then why do we struggle to become victorious?
D. The reason we spend so much time losing spiritual battles is because we simply allow ourselves to listen to the lies of the devil and fall prey to his schemes.
E. However, if we would just begin to listen to the Word….hear the Word of God, obey the Word of God and we will become the victor that God is expecting us to become!!!!
F. You cannot stand and sing “Victory in Jesus” with a frown on your face!
G. Let’s not forget what Jesus told the disciples prior to the upper room experience. He said, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses…’ (Acts 1:8)
II. Power, Power, Wonder-Working Power
A. Another hymn you cannot stand and sing in defeat is “Power, power, wonder-working power…”
B. If you study all four Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke & John – you will see that these Gospels speak of God in Christ!
C. What’s so exciting about the book of Acts is that is doesn’t speak of God in Christ…. rather, it speaks of God in You!
D. Jesus told the disciples that He wanted them to tarry until the Holy Spirit showed up!
E. You and I have to tarry until the power of God shows up! And when the Spirit of God arrives, nobody will have to tell you!
F. You shall receive power…
(a) Power over sin
(b) Power over sickness
(c) Power over demonic oppression
(d) Power over poverty
(e) Power over death!
G. You say, ‘Wait a minute, preacher, I’m not so sure about us having power over death.’ Well, if you don’t believe that then you don’t believe Romans 8:11 – for it declares that this Spirit that dwells in you is the same Spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead and will, one day, quicken your mortal bodies!
H. This word “quicken” used here, in the Greek is zoopoieo (dzo-op-oy-eh’-o). It literally means to make alive; to spiritually invigorate; to be endued with new and greater power!
I. In Luke 24, Jesus promised this power to be power from on high!
(a) This isn’t power that comes from denominational headquarters!
(b) It’s not power that we can get from worldly gain.
(c) It’s not power from upper management.
(d) It’s power from on high!
J. That word ‘endued’ means to be clothed with. Actually, the literal translation means to ‘sink into – like sinking into clothing.’
III. Now Let Us, Have a Little Talk With Jesus
A. You can’t even talk about the power of prayer and be defeated!
B. When you have the power of the Holy Ghost upon your life, you will be victorious and triumphant and you will walk in boldness!
C. Paul declared, to the church at Corinth, “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with the demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on man’s wisdom, but on God’s power.” (I Corinthians 2:4-5)
D. He said, ‘I’m not here to impress you with what I know.’ And He knew a lot. He was a well-educated man. But he said his wisdom would do nothing for you. But rather, he came with the power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost!
E. Listen, folks, I don’t come to you today with great wisdom to impress you with. I don’t come here with great knowledge to astonish you with. But today, I come to you in the power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost!
F. This power produces boldness like you wouldn’t believe! And when you have the boldness of the Holy Ghost, you can’t be defeated! You can’t live in defeat! You will become victorious over the works of darkness! You will become triumphant over the forces of evil!
G. The demonstration of power!!! The word ‘power’ in I Corinthians is the same word ‘power’ that Jesus said would come upon the disciples after the Holy Ghost would come upon them. The Greek word is ‘dunamis.’
H. So, folks we must demonstrate dunamis!
I. Dumanis comes from tarrying in the presence of God! Praying! Seeking His face. Seeking His will!
J. In the Upper Room, they prayed 10 days and then Peter preached for 10 minutes.
K. Today, we’ll preach for 10 days and pray for 10 minutes and we’ll wonder why we don’t have power!
IV. Standing on the Promises of Christ My King
A. You cannot sit on the premises and sing “Standing on the Promises!”
B. I want you to see God’s promises of victory for you today!
1. Victory Over Evil Weapons of Warfare
(a) Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”
(b) Paul said, in Corinthians 10:4, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds…”
2. Victory Over Spiritual Forces
(a) Jesus said, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (Luke 10:19)
(b) Paul wrote to the Romans and declared, “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.” (Romans 16:20)
3. Victory Over the Severest Situations & Afflictions
(a) Romans 8:31 – “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” Then verse 35 says, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” And finally, verses 37-39 say, “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
4. Victory Over Worldly Allurements
(a) I 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?”
(b) Jesus said, in John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
5. Victory Over Satanic Powers
(a) Ephesians 4:26 says to not give place to the devil.
(b) Ephesians 6:11 says that we are to put on the whole armor of God, that we might be able to stand against the works of the evil one.
(c) James wrote, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” You can stop fleeing from him and starting getting him on the run for a change! Glory to God! Stop becoming his victim and start becoming victorious over him, in the name of Jesus! You can do it, by the power of the Holy Ghost!
(d) You have to stop trying to defeat him by yourself. God said, its “Not by (your) might, (it’s not)…by (your) power, but (it’s) by my Spirit, saith the LORD…” (Zechariah 4:6)
(e) We quote this verse often, “Be self controlled and alert, for your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” That’s I Peter 5:8 (NIV)
(f) But, let’s not forget verse #9 for it goes on to say, “Resist him, standing firm in your faith…”
(g) Remember me teaching from Psalm 91? Listen to verse 13 in the NIV – “You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will tread upon the great lion and the serpent (dragon).” Again, in the OT, Satan came as a snake. In the NT, he roams as a lion. In the Revelation he becomes a dragon. So, no matter who he is in your life – if you are a child of God and the power of the Holy Ghost is in you – you will walk all over Satan!
(h) Just tell him, ‘Satan…no weapon buddy! These boots will walk all over you big boy!’
Victory is mine, victory is mine, victory today is mine.
I told Satan to get thee behind, cause victory today is mine!
In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, we have the victory!
In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, demons will have to flee!
~ Pastor K. Taylor
