Church! There is victory in the house of the Lord!

                                                                                                                                                        

How do we get this victory?

We find victory through Jesus. When we go to the house of the Lord and hear the gospel, we find that Jesus got the victory by His death, burial, and resurrection.

"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." - 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Jesus got the victory by the gospel - His death, burial, and resurrection. We get the victory by obeying the gospel – becoming dead to sin by repentance, burying our sinful nature by water baptism by immersion with the name of Jesus called upon us, and rising to newness of life when we receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost, speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives us utterance.

(References: 1Corinthians 15:1-4, Acts 2:37-42, Acts 22:16, Mark 16:16, John 3:22, John 4:1-2, Acts 8:12-13, Acts 8:16, Acts 8:36, Acts 16:15, Acts 16:33, Acts 18:8, 1Corinthians 1:13, Galatians 3:27, Acts 1:5, Acts 11:16, Acts 2:4, Acts 2:11, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 19:6, Acts 8:38-39, Romans 6:1-4 (all of Romans 6), Colossians 2:11-15, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:4, Romans 8:9, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:25, 1Corinthians 15:1-4, 2Thessalonians 1:8, 1Peter 4:17, Romans 10:13-16 – we obey the gospel by Acts 2:38).

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." - Hebrews 2:14-15

When we follow Jesus - crucifying our sinful nature, burying our old nature by baptism in the name of Jesus, becoming alive to God by the infilling of His Holy Ghost to live a holy life – we get the victory!

As Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost,

"Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." - 1 John 5:4

Time for church!