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Overcomers

Overcomers. Sermon #9 in the Revelation of Jesus Christ. “They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” (Revelation 12:11). “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God.” (Revelation 6:9). Overcomer Phrases.

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Overcomers

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  1. Overcomers Sermon #9 in the Revelation of Jesus Christ

  2. “They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” (Revelation 12:11). • “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God.” (Revelation 6:9) Overcomer Phrases

  3. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus.” (Revelation 20:4). • “The dragon… went off to make war against her offspring.” (Revelation 12:17). • “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints…” (Revelation 14:12). Overcomer Phrases

  4. Motivator

  5. If God wants us to be motivated to overcome, why all the death, war, enduring stuff? Where’s the money, vacation or country homes? Motivator

  6. MIT Study on Motivation

  7. Compensation is only effective for basic simple tasks as a motivator for increasing results. • What truly motivates people: freedom, purpose, challenge. MIT Study on Motivation

  8. Motivation

  9. God offers to us freedom, purpose and challenge! • Saul… • Dr. Rowland Taylor • Nothing more motivating than a faith relationship with God. Motivation

  10. God’s passion that we overcome…

  11. “Overcome = Greek “Nikao” which means “to conquer” or “to never give up.” God’s passion that we overcome…

  12. Revelation 3:5 – “The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.” Dressed in White

  13. Dressed in White

  14. Revelation 7:9 – “After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.” Dressed in White

  15. 13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” • 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” • And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Dressed in White

  16. Those who overcome, are those who have discovered Jesus as their greatest need. • There is no whiteness, no rightness, no righteousness without Him! Dressed in White

  17. A very sad story…

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