This morning I read through the book of 1 John and was "overcome" by how much John talked about both Jesus the Overcomer and his followers who have overcome will overcome. This lead to a word search in all of John's writings and what follows is what I have discovered and what currently brings me great hope.
My prayer is that God would minister to you as he has me this morning. I pray you will grasp the reality that Jesus has overcome the world. I pray that your circumstances regardless of how bad they might be and how hopeless they may seem are under the sovereign reign of Christ our Lord.
I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 1 John 2:14
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:4-5
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God. Rev 2:7
He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death. Rev 2:11
To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it. Rev 2:17
He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS Rev 2:26
He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. Rev 3:5
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God Rev 3:12
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. Rev. 3:21
“Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.” Rev 5:5
These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful. Rev 17:14
He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. Rev 21:7
