1 Peter 4:1-2. Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
Hebrews 4:9-10. So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.
Romans 8:12-14. So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh – for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Satan is about to make his last massive assault against the kingdom of God before the long expected and hoped for return to the earth of Jesus as Lord of lords and King of kings. Throughout history there will have been no more significant time for those who will stand against him in the mighty overcoming power of the Spirit.

Moses was God’s overcomer who executed His command to stretch out his hand over the waters of the Red Sea so that God could provide a bridge of dry land for the whole company of the Israelites to cross to safety. Today, God is seeking companies of overcomers who will perform His will on earth that His miraculous pathway of salvation in Jesus may be provided through the waters of eternal death for countless numbers of those bound in the oppression and fear of His enemy, Satan.

Who are these overcoming ones that the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the whole earth that He may strongly support? They are those who are entirely His.

Surely those who are entirely His are the ones who

• ‘live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God’
• have rested from their works,’ as God did from His’. It is no longer their will they seek to do, but His
• ‘are being led by the Spirit of God, and thus are sons of God’

As the dreadful darkness of the tribulation times fast approaches, much of the believing community appears to be stuck in the wilderness of this present world. Yet, as conditions become increasingly more desperate, God is raising up companies of the ‘called and chosen and faithful’ in the face of His enemy, Satan. In the power of the Spirit, these will stand firm in obedience to the command of God to provide a way though to safety. The faith of His people will be severely tested yet, at last, all will be brought safely through and the final harvest of God will be reaped and gathered into the glory of God’s barn, His eternal dwelling place; the new Jerusalem.

To be accounted an overcomer is each believer’s choice. “And they overcame him (Satan) because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.” Revelation 12:11.

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