Sermon Series: Living the Overcomer's Life

It’s not about becoming overcomers, but about living as overcomers, because when we gave our heart to Jesus, we became an overcomer. We overcame the chains of sin. We overcame guilt and condemnation. We overcame death, hell, and the grave. We overcame, because when we put our faith in God’s grace, we tied our destiny to Jesus and our victory is guaranteed through His victory.

Have you ever been promised something, but then the person who promised it was either unable to fulfill the promise, or simply refused to keep their promise? Broken promises often result in broken hearts, broken homes, and broken dreams, leaving people cynical and bitter. But when it comes to God, the Bible tells us in Numbers 23:19, that
God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
There are many and precious promises to the believer in the Bible, and we can be sure that if God said it, He will do it. However, of all the promises in the Bible, I don’t think there are any more powerful or profound than those found in the book of Revelation; especially the powerful promises to the overcomers.

Paul tells us that we do not have to be overcome by evil. Notice also that Paul isn’t telling us to learn to tolerate evil. He doesn’t say, “Hang in there till Jesus comes.” What does Paul say? He says “overcome evil”! We can be the victors and not the victims. We can live the overcomer’s life! And then Paul tells us, as Jesus did, how to overcome evil; he says “overcome evil with good.”

The Writer of Hebrews bluntly tells us Jesus was “tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” Jesus is our example, He is the one who breaks the mold and shows us that we can live the overcomer’s life, even if we are just flesh and blood. Jesus gave us many examples of overcoming, but today I want to highlight three important areas where Jesus shows us that through faith in Him, we can be overcomers: We can overcome temptation, we can overcome unforgiveness, and we can overcome fear

The promises of God to overcomers are so extraordinary and powerful that I decided to explore the topic of “living the life of an overcomer,” which will be the title for this series of sermons. This should be a very exciting journey and you need to invite your friends and family to be with you in church over the next eight weeks. If you have people in your life that always seem to be defeated, depressed, or discouraged, let them know that the preacher at you church is sharing a series of messages that will provide truth from God’s Word that will help them experience a profound turnaround in their life. Yes, they can be transformed by grace, into an overcomer to the glory of God.