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VICTORY OVER THE WORLD
��VICTORY OVER THE WORLD
July 1, 2018
��VICTORY OVER THE WORLD
Metro Pentecostal Church
July 1, 2018
FOCUS
The appeal of the world can become strong to Christians, but we can live a life through Christ which will lift us above the world.
KEY VERSE
For whatsoever is born of God over-cometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
��SCRIPTURE LESSON
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
��LESSON OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
I. THE APPEAL OF THE WORLD
A. Its Deceptive Designs
B. Its Entrancing Effects
C. Its Apparent Success
II.
THE PLACE OF VICTORY
A. The Sanctuary of God
B. Communication with God
III.
THE DEMANDS OF GOD
A. Forsake Its Friendship
B. Relinquish Its Affections
C. Modify Its Character
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" ().
One of the great benefits of being born again is the ability to triumph over the strong allurements which have defeated us in the past.
We do not have to live frustrated by the enticements of sin.
When we are planted in the likeness of Christ's death and raised in the power of His resurrection, sin has no more dominion over us ().
When a man is born again he has power over the world through his experience of regeneration, having received the nature of God ().
His changed nature enables him to obey God's requirements through the power of the Holy Ghost within his life.
The evidence of the power of God, to make a new creature of the sinner, is for a Christian to live victoriously, avoiding his former life of sin ().
This is a witness the world needs to see.
It is an evidence of the bearing of spiritual fruit.
It shows that there is a righteousness which is by the faith of Jesus Christ, a faith that can prevail over worldly allurements too strong for most people to withstand.
Before a person can live by the faith of Christ he must first be crucified with Him ().
Dying to self and walking with Christ bring us victory over worldliness.
Our new regenerated nature makes it harder to disobey than to obey God.
Fulfilling the requirements of God becomes almost second nature to a person who is a partaker of the divine nature.
Because humankind is made in the image of God, it is impossible for him to feel comfortable when he is disobedient to God.
The only peace possible is through a surrender to the One who gave the law for our benefit (Deuteronomy 10:13).
How often we consider the commandments of God as a restraint and hindrance.
God knows that they are a blessing because they express His nature to us.
He knows that the only way possible for humankind who is made in His image to be contented is to obey His commands.
I. THE APPEAL OF THE WORLD
📷The world can be extremely attractive.
The fruit in the Garden of Eden was certainly attractive to Eve.
She saw that it was good for food or that it looked pleasing enough to eat 6).
She was allured first by her sight.
Sight is the beginning of most of the appeal of the world.
That which is seen often stimulates the imagination of an individual.
A person who is tempted often imagines the thing or activity to be something he cannot do without or something that will give him tremendous pleasure or satisfaction.
The material things of Jericho appealed to Achan.
His imagination made those things appear valuable in his life.
He could see how he would enjoy them and gain selfish satisfaction.
The nature of man is such that human satisfaction is very elusive when sought through materialism.
A man usually finds more enjoyment in the pursuit than in the possession of the things for which he desires.
When the thing for which he sought is obtained, he is usually more discontent than ever.
Lot saw the well-watered plains of Sodom and Gomorrah.
To him there was possibly an appeal to be secure, to not have to work so hard seeking out pasture lands and not worrying about drinking places for his cattle.
Perhaps he saw a large city with plenty of resources, protection for his home through alliances, and a place to buy necessities and luxuries he desired.
He may have seen Sodom as a place for his children to enjoy a social life with their peers.
Obviously, however, his casual dreams disintegrated when the cities were destroyed.
A. Its Deceptive Designs
What is seen in the world is not always what it appears to be.
The deceitfulness of Satan draws a person into a "web" of worldly involvement like a spider does an insect.
When he feels there is no way to extricate himself, a man often gives his life to that which he inwardly hates.
📷Delilah was not looking for Samson's weakness; she was looking for his strength.
Her only hope in conquering him was to deceive him in the area of his security.
If she could persuade him to exchange his sacred secret of strength for a time of pleasure, she could make him vulnerable to a fall.
Samson toyed with the idea of enjoying this beautiful woman so long that his strength meant nothing to him.
“Better to resist the bait than to be caught in the snare!”
In a similar fashion deception is being reenacted continually in our own day.
The world has made drugs so appealing that many youths annually destroy their minds in a vain search for fulfillment.
Perversion is mushrooming because of an appeal to curiosity and pleasure.
The young man in the Book of Proverbs went after pleasure "Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life" ().
One of the tragedies of the deception of the world is that even when people learn they are deceived, they often enjoy it.
The pleasure involved in the deception sometimes causes them to continue, knowing that the path they follow leads to destruction.
"Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them" ().
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