Overcome

A sermon about the trials and tribulations that beset a Christian and what the Bible states to OVERCOME and receive a heavenly reward. Q: There is tribulation, strife, and evil in our earthly life; what actions are expected of us? A: It only seems overwhelming, overcome all evil encounters until the end. _____________________________________________ Romans 12:21 “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” _____________________________________________ 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.” _____________________________________________ **How and how long do we tolerate iniquity? Matthew 24:12 “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:13 “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” - 1st John 4:4 “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” - 1st John 5:4 “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” _____________________________________________ **What is the result of overcoming until the end? Revelation 21:7 “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” - Revelation 2:26 “And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:” _____________________________________________ **After judgment we will have a new name Revelation 2:17 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” - Revelation 3:12 “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.” - Revelation 3:21 “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” _____________________________________________ END - Overcome cybercoc.org #cybercoc #churchofchrist #cyberchurchofchrist web: cyberchurchofchrist.org email: [email protected]