I attended a presentation on Victor vs Victim a few years ago and it has resonated with me. Victim or Victor? It’s interesting that in our first point about choosing life is preceded by Deuteronomy 30:14 which says, “The Word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart that you may do it.” The verse is quoted in Romans 10:8 and referred to as the Word of Faith. He lost everything. He Turned to the Word of God (2 Ki. When life throws things at us we must choose life in order that we may live.David had just experienced what stood to be a major setback and defeat in his life. Bookmark Read Later Share Life is not simple. When we have such a persuasion it does three things:It takes real faith to overcome the things the enemy and life throws at us. Shall tribulation, or…
Introduction Background- 2 Ki. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Are You a Victor or a Victim? Let me encourage you that there is a way out. The list should consist of spiritual things that will strengthen your inner man as well as practical things that will help your situation and circumstances.Some of you have simply given up. How different history may have played out had David given up. 18.1-8 I. We need to allow them to take us to higher ground, not allow them to become stumbling blocks making us victims (1 John 4:4, 1 John 5:4-5, Romans 8:37, Revelation 12:11).The new birth takes place when you look to Jesus as your only hope of salvation. The enemy had come in his absence and had stolen everything he and his men had, all their possessions and their wives and children as well. The Triumph of Hezekiah A. From a Victim to a Victor David Cawston Luke 10:17-19; Revelation 12:7-11 Introduction: What Jesus saw and mentioned in Luke was prophetic to what is talked about in Revelation. Sermon in a Sentence: In the midst of trials we can be victors, not victims.
1 John 5:4 says, “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world.” We are made up of three parts: flesh, soul (mind, will, intellect and emotions), and spirit (the part that relates to God).
God’s design is that we make the things life throws at us into stepping stones to victory. You are still experiencing defeat in part because you haven’t forgiven those who hurt, abused and betrayed you. In his distress he could have easily given up, but instead he chose to place his faith in God and all He had brought him through to this point and he “encouraged himself in the Lord his God.” It’s significant to note that shortly thereafter David entered his reign as king (2 Samuel 2). One primary difference between the victim and the victor is that the victor has found, in the love of the Lord, a way to be content. “I have overcome bad situations before with God’s help and I will overcome this too.” “I may be going through a difficult time and have failed miserably, but I will overcome this with His help.” “I will come out on top, prosper and be victorious over it all.” In Philippians 4:8, after talking about prayer and thanksgiving in anxious times, Paul stressed for them to think on that which was positive, good and praise worthy.“Aim at heaven and you get earth. It is God who justifies. All of his friends said it was his fault and criticized him constantly.
Listen. 19.1,14) B. Forgiveness is for us more than the offender.
He Turned to the House of God (2 Ki. Biblical examples of people who went through devastating circumstances which they overcame include Peter (Mark 16:1-7, Acts 2), Paul and Silas (Acts 16), Job (James 5:10-11), and David (1 Samuel 30:1-6). It is quite a good way of keeping ourselves in check because although even when things get very tough, how we respond can made a huge difference in how we get through a crisis. We read,“The flesh lusts (wars) against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would” (Galatians 5:17).“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.