Victory Obtained in the Name of Jesus

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

Victory Obtained in the Name of Jesus

Today's Text: 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. Revelation 3:21

The Message:      The temptations of Satan were most effective in degrading human nature, for human beings could not stand against their powerful influence; but Christ in our behalf, as our representative, resting wholly upon the power of God, endured the severe conflict in order that He might be a perfect example to us....      Christ suffered on our account beyond our comprehension, and we should welcome trial and suffering on our own account for Christ's sake, that we may overcome as Christ also overcame, and be exalted to the throne of our Redeemer. Let us consider the life and suffering of our precious Saviour in our behalf, and remember that if we are not willing to endure trial, toil, and conflict, if we are not willing to be partakers with Christ of His sufferings, we shall be found unworthy of a seat upon His throne.      We have everything to gain in the conflict with our mighty foe, and we dare not for a moment yield to his temptations. We know that in our own strength it is not possible for us to succeed; but as Christ humbled Himself and took upon Himself our nature, He is acquainted with our necessities, and has Himself borne the heaviest temptations that human beings will have to bear, has conquered the enemy in resisting his suggestions, in order that we may learn how to be conquerors....      Christ is our pattern, the perfect and holy example that has been given us to follow. We can never equal the pattern, but we may imitate and resemble it according to our ability.... When we surrender all we have and are to God, and are placed in trying and dangerous positions, coming in contact with Satan, we should remember that we shall have victory in meeting the enemy in the name and power of the Conqueror. Every angel would be commissioned to come to our rescue when we thus depend upon Christ, rather than that we should be permitted to be overcome. But we need not expect to get the victory without suffering, for Jesus suffered in conquering for us....      The Christian life is a life of warfare, of continual conflict. It is a battle and a march. But every act of obedience to Christ, every act of self-denial for His sake, every trial well endured, every victory gained over temptation, is a step in the march to the glory of final victory.-Manuscript 65, 1894 (The Review and Herald, February 5, 1895).

Commentary: My friend, Christ overcome that we could also overcome as He did.  His example and His power is offered to us that we may, in the end, stand victorious.  How many today are striving to gain the victory over sin in their lives?  Satan is the master of deception and has led many to believe that total victory is not possible and that we will sin until Jesus comes in the clouds of glory.  He leads those who would listen to his deceitful sophistries to look away from the One who can give them the power to overcome sin.   Nothing has been more effective in this endeavor than the doctrine of the trinity, for it has a form of godliness but denies the power of God to give victory over sin. By the doctrine of the trinity Satan has artfully replaced the God of the Bible with a god of his own devising.  He has replaced the image of the One true God with the image of the trinity.  The trinity replaces the only begotten Son of God with an altogether different being called God the Son, whose is god first and son second.  This picture of the Son shows that he is not really the literal and natural Son of God, but being God unto himself, he takes upon the role of the Son.  In doing this it destroys not only the Son, but also the Father as well, for if the Son is not really a son, then the Father is not really a father either. God foresaw that this would happen and has revealed it to us in 1 John 2:22, 23 saying "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also."  The trinity denies the father and son relationship and thus destroys the foundation of the gospel which is that "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16).  If the Son is not really a son, then who did He give?  Additionally, if the Son is not really a son, then the Father is not really a father.  This destroys the whole gospel message. The Father testifies in the Scriptures saying "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17).  If Jesus was not really His Son, then we deny His testimony and make Him out to be a liar.  1 John 5:9-11 says this "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." My friend, it is sad but true; our church has been teaching us a lie.  By adopting the trinity as one of the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist church they have accepted an altogether different god than the one revealed to us in Scripture.  Jesus prayed to His Father in John 17:3 saying "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."  Jesus Himself who knows the Father the best, declares that He is the only true God.  If we are worshiping the god of the trinity we are not worshiping the One true God, and as such cannot gain the victory over sin. My prayer for you today is that you will to come to know the One true God of the Bible through His Son Jesus Christ today. God bless,

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