1 Life has shades of death; afflictions, sickness, 3rd world, social, financial, etc.
2. Afflictions are seeds.
a. Principle of a seed, Genesis 8.
b. Resurrection of seed, John 12:24.
c. Principle of New Creation, resurrection, now! He gave us that power to exercise in our lives.
d. Death first, life second.
3. Overcoming is more than just making it.
a. It turns your junk into eternal jewels for the Kingdom of God.
b. It arrests demons for eternity.
4. Overcoming is a lifestyle, not an emergency procedure.
It requires great discipline to continually study what the blood of Jesus did for you, who it made you and what the promises are for your situation. It requires great humility for character development, taking up your cross. It requires great perseverance for spiritual warfare pounding the Word of God at the enemy. It is a multi-vitamin to be used daily. Bible overcomers have always been a minority, probably because most people do not enjoy discipline, humility, and perseverance. Overcoming may be for the weak, but it is not for the lazy!
Larry Chkoreff October, 2001