[...] Just think of it just a moment before we start our lesson. That's where you're headed. What are you struggling for? So you can live. What are you living for? So you can die. Wouldn't it be most foolish if we didn't accept God's provision for Eternal Life? What could we think about? What--what could be on our mind that would attract our attention from--to anything? What if you owned a hundred million dollars, and you owned the state of--of Indiana, or any other state, or even the nation, or as far as that's concerned, the entire world? You live long enough, you've got to come to that too. See? And constantly, day by day, every time your heart beats, you're going right straight to that. See, you--there's no winning for you. You're on the losing side, and you--you've got to lose. But remember the promise said, "He that'll lose his life for My sake shall find it." Now, what would be any more of a treasure to find than Life? Even though you found the whole world to be yours, but if you--if you find Life, you've found the greatest thing that could be found.
I want to look to my lesson. Saw again just now another trophy of the grace of the Lord. About a few weeks ago I was called to the phone, and a lovely member of this church, or this body... I don't want to call this so much as a church; I--I want to call this that... Like I was talking to some people they said, "Well, what church you belong to?"
I said, "I don't belong."
"What denomination do you belong to?"
I said, "None."
Said, "Well, what do you belong to?"
I said, "A Kingdom, a Kingdom." And by one Spirit we are baptized into that Kingdom, by one Spirit, all into this Kingdom. Jesus said, "Pray: Thy Kingdom come, Thine will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Now, and He stood one day before Mount Transfiguration; He said, "Verily, I say to you that some stand here shall not taste death until they see the Kingdom come in power." And it was foreshowed as we've been through it, Mount Transfiguration. And the Bible said, "The Kingdom of God is within you." So this is a Kingdom people that professes that this is not their home. This is not our home. We are looking for the coming of the King to set up the Kingdom. [...]
[...] And now, let's turn to Revelations the 3rd chapter at the church ages, repeating a church age. But now, we are--we... There--there... I could take this one text, and with the Holy Spirit, preach on it a hundred years and never get what's in it out, because in this one text, like all other texts of the Bible, it's all tied together. And I want to take my subject this morning of this, "How Can I Overcome?"
Now, I chose this, because that I think that it's a time that we should never let the Spirit of revival die. We've got to keep in revival, constantly revive every day. Paul said he had to die daily that Christ could live. And we must never let that revival die within us.
Now, Revelations the 3rd chapter and beginning with the 21st verse we read this:
To him that overcometh will I grant to set with me in my throne, even as I... overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Did you notice the--the arrangements of that? See? "Set with Me in My throne," not "on My throne," "in My throne." That's in His domain. See? And now, as--as Christ is the Ruler, throne Ruler at this time of the complete domain of God, so will the Church be with Him, the Bride be with Him in His throne in the entire domain. See? Not "on My throne," but "in My throne" (See?) where His domain reaches. A throne is over a domain. And--and a domain reaches just as far as its boundaries does, and this is from eternity to eternity. Just think of it.. [...]
[...] And now, we're speaking on this overcoming. The word "overcome," of course, you know what it means. You've got to have something to overcome. And this church age that the Holy Spirit was speaking about here at the Laodicea church age (as we have just been through it) needed a rebuking. Laodicea had to be rebuked, because of its--its difference towards Christ, it had put Christ outside in the day--in their age; and Christ was on the outside trying to get back on the inside. That's love. After He had been put out of His own house, was trying to come back in, and said, "He that'll open the door, I'll come in to him." See?
The church itself in whole had put Him out. But now notice, His call here is not to just the church: "He that overcometh. See? Not the church, that'd be she (See?) the church body, but it's he that overcometh, the individual that will overcome. Now, and Laodicea had it coming to her.
Now, we see then, knowing that this is the Laodicea age, and knowing that this age needs a sharp rebuke from God... It needs a sharp rebuke. And when our--our clergy get so soft and doty, like some aged grandfather to his grandchildren, ever what they do is perfect and they're... [...]
The sermon MP3 (as linked above) is supplied by David Mamalis.
The text was provided by Brother Neil Halava.
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