September 24th, 2026
This week, I’ve been thinking about the victory we have in Jesus Christ. Billy Graham famously said, “I’ve read the last page of the Bible, it’s all going to turn out all right.” Our ultimate hope is in the truth that Jesus is coming back for His bride, bringing justice and peace. However, that truth can’t be an excuse for us to live idly in the last days. Jesus said in John 16:33,
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
The word for overcome in the language it was written means to “conquer, prevail, or get the victory.” Jesus died to destroy the power of sin, the world, the devil, and hell.
1 John 3:8 says,
“Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”
Colossians 2:15 says,
“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him.”
Jesus said in John 10:10,
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
Jesus has been completely victorious. However, He overcame so we too could overcome. It’s not enough to know that Jesus conquered the enemy, sickness, hell, and death itself if we’re losing the battle in our own lives.
The only way we can lose the fight to things Jesus has been victorious over is if we don’t know He’s won, don’t fight with the right weapons, or if we refuse to fight at all.
There are many times in the Word of God when we see His people allowing the enemy to dwell where they shouldn’t have been. We see a practical example of this in the story of the Israelites entering the Promised Land. God delivered them out of Egypt and told them He would drive out all their enemies so they could live in peace and prosperity in Israel. However, we see in Judges 1 and 2 a record of many nations the Israelites didn’t drive out. They learned to live with their enemies, but this eventually became a snare, bringing idolatry and sin and ultimately war and death.
That pattern will appear the same way in our own lives. If we don’t learn to be victorious over our enemies, we will live in compromise, conflict, and difficulties God doesn’t intend for us to live in.
1 John 4:2-4 says,
“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
The word for overcome used here is the same one used in John 16:33. Jesus overcame—conquered, prevailed, and was victorious—so we could also overcome!
1 John 5:4-5 says,
“And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
If you’re battling the pull of sin and darkness, then there’s more ground to be taken. That battle can be won!
If you’re struggling against physical sickness or mental and emotional difficulties like fear or depression, there’s a battle to be fought and won. Those are not things Jesus died for us to live with, but to overcome!
The book of Revelation has a lot to say about those who overcome. n chapters 2 and 3, there are letters to seven churches, and each one contains a promise for those who overcome or conquer. These verses all say “to the one who conquers,” but the word used for conquer is the same Greek word used for “overcome” in all the verses we’ve looked at so far.
Revelation 2:7 says,
“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
Revelation 2:11 says,
“The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.”
Revelation 2:17 says,
“To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.”
Revelation 2:26-27 says,
“The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.”
Revelation 3:5 says,
“The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.”
Revelation 3:12 says,
“The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.”
Revelation 3:21 says,
“The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.”
No one knows the full depth of what all those verses mean, although there is incredible in-depth teaching on those things. All these verses clearly demonstrate the great reward for conquering or overcoming. Our victory in life will reap a reward in heaven. We will eat from the tree of life, be clothed in white garments, and sit on the throne with Jesus. There is only one way to overcome, and it’s through the blood of Jesus and the power of testimony.
Revelation 12:11 says,
“And they have conquered [the enemy] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”
1 Corinthians 15:57 says,
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
If there are still enemies in the land that God has given us, then there is ground to be taken and through faith in Jesus and the power of His blood, we can live in the victory He’s promised us. We don’t have to settle in complacency like the Israelites did and watch the next generations suffer for it. God wants His church to live in the same power the early church lived in. Amid every difficulty, we carry the victory of the One who has already overcome. As we saw above, greater is He who lives in us than he who is in the world. The final verse I want to look at today is Romans 8:37-39 which says,
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 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.”
I encourage you to read the preceding verses that detail all the things that will try to separate you from the One who is victorious, but if we abide in Him, we will abide in His victory. In the original language, there is a single Greek word for “more than conquerors.” It’s a derivative of the same word used for conquering or overcoming in the other verses we’ve been looking at, but it’s combined with another word meaning above and beyond. It’s the only place in the Bible this word is used, and it means to be overwhelmingly, decisively, and completely victorious. It’s not talking about barely winning the battle but winning so overwhelmingly that the enemy looks completely powerless. That is the life Jesus died for us to have. It doesn’t mean we won’t have to use our faith to go to battle at times, but we know as we do that we will completely and overwhelmingly overcome by the blood of Jesus! Whatever you’re facing today, be encouraged with the truth that you have the power to live in peace, victory, and freedom because the One who is in you has already destroyed the power of every enemy you could face. We overcome, because He has already won!
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
The word for overcome in the language it was written means to “conquer, prevail, or get the victory.” Jesus died to destroy the power of sin, the world, the devil, and hell.
1 John 3:8 says,
“Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”
Colossians 2:15 says,
“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him.”
Jesus said in John 10:10,
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
Jesus has been completely victorious. However, He overcame so we too could overcome. It’s not enough to know that Jesus conquered the enemy, sickness, hell, and death itself if we’re losing the battle in our own lives.
The only way we can lose the fight to things Jesus has been victorious over is if we don’t know He’s won, don’t fight with the right weapons, or if we refuse to fight at all.
There are many times in the Word of God when we see His people allowing the enemy to dwell where they shouldn’t have been. We see a practical example of this in the story of the Israelites entering the Promised Land. God delivered them out of Egypt and told them He would drive out all their enemies so they could live in peace and prosperity in Israel. However, we see in Judges 1 and 2 a record of many nations the Israelites didn’t drive out. They learned to live with their enemies, but this eventually became a snare, bringing idolatry and sin and ultimately war and death.
That pattern will appear the same way in our own lives. If we don’t learn to be victorious over our enemies, we will live in compromise, conflict, and difficulties God doesn’t intend for us to live in.
1 John 4:2-4 says,
“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
The word for overcome used here is the same one used in John 16:33. Jesus overcame—conquered, prevailed, and was victorious—so we could also overcome!
1 John 5:4-5 says,
“And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
If you’re battling the pull of sin and darkness, then there’s more ground to be taken. That battle can be won!
If you’re struggling against physical sickness or mental and emotional difficulties like fear or depression, there’s a battle to be fought and won. Those are not things Jesus died for us to live with, but to overcome!
The book of Revelation has a lot to say about those who overcome. n chapters 2 and 3, there are letters to seven churches, and each one contains a promise for those who overcome or conquer. These verses all say “to the one who conquers,” but the word used for conquer is the same Greek word used for “overcome” in all the verses we’ve looked at so far.
Revelation 2:7 says,
“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
Revelation 2:11 says,
“The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.”
Revelation 2:17 says,
“To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.”
Revelation 2:26-27 says,
“The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.”
Revelation 3:5 says,
“The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.”
Revelation 3:12 says,
“The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.”
Revelation 3:21 says,
“The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.”
No one knows the full depth of what all those verses mean, although there is incredible in-depth teaching on those things. All these verses clearly demonstrate the great reward for conquering or overcoming. Our victory in life will reap a reward in heaven. We will eat from the tree of life, be clothed in white garments, and sit on the throne with Jesus. There is only one way to overcome, and it’s through the blood of Jesus and the power of testimony.
Revelation 12:11 says,
“And they have conquered [the enemy] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”
1 Corinthians 15:57 says,
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
If there are still enemies in the land that God has given us, then there is ground to be taken and through faith in Jesus and the power of His blood, we can live in the victory He’s promised us. We don’t have to settle in complacency like the Israelites did and watch the next generations suffer for it. God wants His church to live in the same power the early church lived in. Amid every difficulty, we carry the victory of the One who has already overcome. As we saw above, greater is He who lives in us than he who is in the world. The final verse I want to look at today is Romans 8:37-39 which says,
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 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.”
I encourage you to read the preceding verses that detail all the things that will try to separate you from the One who is victorious, but if we abide in Him, we will abide in His victory. In the original language, there is a single Greek word for “more than conquerors.” It’s a derivative of the same word used for conquering or overcoming in the other verses we’ve been looking at, but it’s combined with another word meaning above and beyond. It’s the only place in the Bible this word is used, and it means to be overwhelmingly, decisively, and completely victorious. It’s not talking about barely winning the battle but winning so overwhelmingly that the enemy looks completely powerless. That is the life Jesus died for us to have. It doesn’t mean we won’t have to use our faith to go to battle at times, but we know as we do that we will completely and overwhelmingly overcome by the blood of Jesus! Whatever you’re facing today, be encouraged with the truth that you have the power to live in peace, victory, and freedom because the One who is in you has already destroyed the power of every enemy you could face. We overcome, because He has already won!
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