Faith Is the Victory

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And everyone who competes for the prize is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain
a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable
crown. 1 Corinthians 925
Faith Is the Victory
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Faith Is the Victory
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is
born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot
also loves him who is begotten of Him
1 John 51
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Faith Is the Victory
By this we know that we love the children of
God, when we love God and keep His commandments
1 John 52
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Faith Is the Victory
For this is the love of God, that we keep His
commandments. and His commandments are not
burdensome
1 John 53
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Faith Is the Victory
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
And this is the victory that has overcome the
world--our faith
1 John 54
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Faith Is the Victory
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who
believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 55
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Whatever Is Born of God

• Regenerated
• John 35 Titus 35

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Regenerated
• Since you have purified your souls in obeying
  the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of
  the brethren, love one another fervently with a
  pure heart, having been born again, not of
  corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the
  word of God which lives and abides forever. 1
  Peter 122,23

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Regenerated
• John 35 Titus 35
• Converted
• Matthew 183 Acts 2618-20

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Converted
• Repent therefore and be converted, that your
  sins may be blotted out, so that times of
  refreshing may come from the presence of the
  Lord. Acts 319

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Regenerated
• John 35 Titus 35
• Converted
• Matthew 183 Acts 2618-20
• Renewed
• Romans 121,2

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Renewed
• For those who live according to the flesh set
  their minds on the things of the flesh, but those
  who live according to the Spirit, the things of
  the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death,
  but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
  Romans 85,6

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Regenerated
• John 35 Titus 35
• Converted
• Matthew 183 Acts 2618-20
• Renewed
• Romans 121,2
• Abides in God
• John 151-10

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Whatever Is Born of God

• Abides in God
• Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins
  has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little
  children, let no one deceive you. He who
  practices righteousness is righteous, just as He
  is righteous. 1 John 36,7

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Overcomes the World

• Lust of the flesh
• Immorality, inordinate emotions
• Lust of the eyes
• Materialism, greed, covetousness
• The pride of life
• Vainglory, boasting, arrogance

1 John 215-17
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Overcomes the World

• Sin
• Its guilt power and consequences
• Worry
• Anxiety fear emotional distress
• Discontentment
• Dissatisfaction unhappiness murmuring
• Depression
• Despair

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Overcomes the World

• Illness
• Pain hardship inability to function
• Grief
• Deep mental anguish arising from bereavement
• Loneliness
• We can be lonely even when surrounded by people
• Death
• Hope of resurrection

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Our Personal Faith

• Faith in who Jesus is
• John 11-3

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Victorious Faith

• Faith in who Jesus is
• Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,
  whom He has appointed heir of all things, through
  whom also He made the worlds who being the
  brightness of His glory and the express image of
  His person, and upholding all things by the word
  of His power, when He had by Himself purged our
  sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
  on high.
  Hebrews 12,3

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Our Personal Faith

• Faith in who Jesus is
• John 11-3
• Faith in what Jesus did
• Romans 56-8

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Victorious Faith

• Faith in what Jesus did
• My little children, these things I write to you,
  so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we
  have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
  the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation
  for our sins, and not for ours only but also for
  the whole world.
  1 John 21,2

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Our Personal Faith

• Faith in who Jesus is
• John 11-3
• Faith in what Jesus did
• Romans 56-8
• Faith in what Jesus said
• Matthew 1032,33

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Victorious Faith

• Faith in what Jesus said
• These things I have written to you who believe
  in the name of the Son of God, that you may know
  that you have eternal life, and that you may
  continue to believe in the name of the Son of
  God. 1 John 513

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But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that
your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1557,58
Faith Is the Victory