28/09/2022
Excerpts of prevailing service at Light-Torch Ministry International by Pastor S James
*The Life of Victory*
The aim of us being new creations is not just to reveal our goodness but our victory in Christ.
Being good is not just enough cause it doesn't determine your victory over life's circumstances.
You must learn to live a triumphant life, a life of victory.
The revelation of grace produces a balanced life: that is goodness and victory
Luke 1:5 John’s Birth Announced to Zacharias
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Luke 1:7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
Elizabeth and Zacharias were both righteousness and blameless before God but they had no child...
Revelation 5:8 Worthy Is the Lamb
Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Revelation 5:10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth.”
By the virtue of our spiritual birth, we are destined to reign.
Reigning is our heritage in Christ!!
We reign over every thing that the devil presents.
We can be attacked by evil but we are not permitted to be defeated by evil, by virtue of our spiritual birth.
Romans 5:17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
We have the surety of reigning in Christ.
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
1 John 5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
The life of victory is part of our redemptive packages.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke 21:15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.
The three adversaries mentioned here are:
1. The devil
2. The world
3. The flesh
We must devise a means to deal with these adversaries and reign over them.
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Victory is not a quest but our possession.
We are living in Christ's victory.
We must rest in this truth
2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
Confession
In Christ I have the victory.
I live in the victory of Christ, every day of my life.
There are two days in the realm of the spirit.
The days of adversity and the days of glory.
We must understand these season of adversity to reign in the days of glory
When u learn how to handle or master adversaries, you can teach the next generation these precepts on how to overcome the adversary. It's the same devil, he just changes strategies
1 Peter 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Confession
I receive wisdom that will command my mastery in life over life's mysteries.
The first requirements in the days of adversities is spiritual strength
Ephesians 6:10 The Whole Armor of God
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
It is the equipping with these spiritual weapons that will determine spiritual strength.
You cannot be strong on your own without the help of the spirit of God.
How can you be strong in the Lord?
The only way you can be strong inthe Lord is by putting on the whole armour of God
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Ephesians 6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Ephesians 6:16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
Ephesians 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
The armours therefore includes:
1. God's truth- for offence
2. Gods righteousness
3. Gods peace
4. Gods faith- for defence
5. Gods salvation
6. Gods word, utterances, wisdom utterances
7. prayers
8. Watching
The above weapons are the determinants of victory.
Anything that does not reflect the glory of God in your life is an adversary.
Spiritual warfares are won with utterances.
Luke 21:15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.
John 8:36 So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.
God bless♥️