CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIAN TO CHOOSE TO BE ON A WINNING SIDE FOR IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM, THE BIBLE SAID.
( 1 John 5: 4-5 ) For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God?
INTRODUCTION:
a. The Bible is very clear about the
promise of God to assure on the winning side of the Christian.
b. To be on the winning side is
always possible because it is the promise of God to us being the children of
God.
( 1 John 5:4 ) For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith.
1. CHOOSE TO BE A PRAYERFUL CHRISTIAN
IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
( I Chronicles 4:10 ) And Jabez called on the God of
Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast,
and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil,
that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
a. God promise to Christian to answer
our prayers more than we expect.
( Jeremiah 33:3 ) 3 Call
unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
2. CHOOSE TO BE A TRUTHFUL CHRISTIAN
IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
( Philippians 4:8 ) Finally,
brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be
any praise, think on these things.
a. God always support the Christian
who always live a righteous living before Him.
( 1 Peter 3 :12 ) For the eyes of the Lord are over
the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the
Lord is against them that do evil.
3. CHOOSE TO BE A FRUITFUL CHRISTIAN
IF WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
( John 15:8 ) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
shall ye be my disciples.
a. God is always glorified with the
fruitful of the Christian.
b. God promise the prayers of the
fruitful Christian.
( John 15:16 ) Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you.
4. CHOOSE TO BE A CHRISTIAN FULL OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE
WINNING SIDE.
( Acts 1:8 ) But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is
come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
5. CHOOSE TO BE A CHRISTIAN WHOSE
SERVICE BOUNTIFUL TO GOD IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
( I Corinthians 15:58 )Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
a. God will reward the faithful
service of the Christian.
( Proverbs 28:20 ) A faithful man shall abound with
blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
6. CHOOSE TO BE A CHRISTIAN CHEERFUL
IN GIVING IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
( II Corinthians 9:6-8 ) 6 But this I say, He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap
also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let
him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that
ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
7. CHOOSE TO BE CHRISTIAN WHO SHIW
FEARFUL TO GOD IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
( Psalms 128:1-4 ) Blessed is every one that feareth
the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt
thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine
house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth
the LORD.
* God bless you all always*
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