0746. 728. Secret of Victory Over the World

728. Secret of Victory Over the World

1. Keep from it—Jas_1:27. The place of separation is the place of power. To “keep unspotted” means not to be stained, therefore we must not be near the world, but keep from the range of its mud-slinging.

2. Take Christ’s victory over it. His Word is, “I have overcome the world,” therefore He bids us “Be of good cheer” (Joh_16:33). See the three references to Christ and “this world” in John’s Gospel—Joh_12:31; Joh_14:30; Joh_16:11.

3. Believe you have got the victory over it. “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1Jn_5:4-5); and the reasons are, because we have been begotten of God, and because we believe in the Son of God.

4. Recognise the Lord’s indwelling presence. “Ye… have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” (1Jn_4:4). The Lord within keeps the world without.

5. Remember, the world is an enemy, and the injunction is not to have fellowship with it—Jas_4:4; for if we do, we side with an enemy and make ourselves antagonistic to God.

6. The uncompromising and specific command of the Lord is, “Love not the world” (1Jn_2:15). This will be easy if we dwell in the love of God.

7. Call to mind the prayer of Christ about the world, and remember you are taken “out of it,” sent into it, not of it, and He prays you may be kept from it—Joh_17:6-7, Joh_17:14, Joh_17:15.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH