The Battle Has Been Won
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6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
DEATH and SIN have worked together to SEPARATE us from God
DEATH and SIN have worked together to SEPARATE us from God
2 but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
SACRIFICES were unable to close the gap
SACRIFICES were unable to close the gap
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Our GOOD DEEDS were unable to close the gap
Our GOOD DEEDS were unable to close the gap
20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Our RELIGIOUS ZEAL was unable to close the gap
Our RELIGIOUS ZEAL was unable to close the gap
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
We find victory through: Jesus ultimate SACRIFICE
We find victory through: Jesus ultimate SACRIFICE
14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Jesus ability to KEEP the LAW
Jesus ability to KEEP the LAW
2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
The HOLY SPIRIT working in us and sealing us
The HOLY SPIRIT working in us and sealing us
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus came and FOUGHT the battle that we could never WIN, and He came out VICTORIOUS
Jesus came and FOUGHT the battle that we could never WIN, and He came out VICTORIOUS
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
We find ultimate victory through the RESURRECTION
We find ultimate victory through the RESURRECTION
The resurrection shows that DEATH has truly been defeated for us
The resurrection shows that DEATH has truly been defeated for us
21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
THE WAR of 1812
January 8, 1815
2 Miles east of New Orleans
More than 10,000 British infantry moved north along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River
A force of 4,000 U.S. Army regulars and locals brought down a hail of rifle, musket and artillery fire onto the approaching redcoats with devastating effect.
By the end of the morning, nearly 400 British soldiers lay dead and more than 1,500 were wounded. Another 500 were missing.
It was the bloodiest battle of the conflict for the British.
The striking fact is that the battle was fought more than two weeks after the United States and Great Britain had formally agreed to suspend all hostilities.
51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.