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Series: Made for More
Scripture: 1 John 5:1-5, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, Romans 8:35-39, Galatians 5:16, 1 John 4:4
Summary: Made for More Than Living in Defeat is a sermon outline centered on 1 John 5:1-5. Made for More, Week Seven I’ll never forget the first time I experienced losing. I played pee-wee baseball for the Browning Dodgers and we were awesome! We went undefeated all season long. Then the tournament came. And.
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Extracted Outline
Made for More Than Living in Defeat
Made for More, Week Seven
I’ll never forget the first time I experienced losing. I played pee-wee baseball for the Browning Dodgers and we were awesome! We went undefeated all season long. Then the tournament came. And we lost in the second round. I was devastated. And more importantly, I lost interest in playing the game.
You were made to win. You were born to win. God wants you to win!
There are no losers in God’s family. We ALL win!
But… it’s entirely possible that you’ve lost some things, and the worst part of it is that you’ve lost interest in playing. In fighting. In serving. In living.
Life is a spiritual war,
and too many of us have surrendered
to an already defeated enemy.
Here’s the truth…
You were never meant to live in defeat.
You were always destined to win!
1 John 5:1-5 NIV
[1] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. [2] This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. [3] In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.
And his commands are not burdensome, [4] for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. [5] Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Big Question:
Does your experience line up with your status?
Are you living like a winner?
What DO you need to do?
1. Believe King Jesus is victorious!
We have three major enemies…
• The world around us (not the people, the philosophies).
• The “old” you (the flesh, your old nature).
• Satan and his spiritual forces of darkness.
King Jesus has already defeated
your enemies for you.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 NIV
[55] “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” [56] The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. [57] But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
You don’t have to win the war. It’s won.
2. Declare your greatest enemies defeated!
Romans 8:35-39 NIV
[35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? [36] As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
[37] No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. [38] For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, [39] neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• To the world, you get to declare, “I’m free from your influence!”
• To your flesh, you get to declare, “You’re dead to me!”
• To the devil, you get to declare, “You have no authority here!”
3. Walk daily in the victorious power of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:16 NIV
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
1 John 4:4 NKJV
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Again, as we said earlier in this series…
When you follow Jesus, you have the Spirit…
But does the Spirit have YOU?
Too many of us have been saved, but haven’t grown. We’ve come out of Egypt but we’re still wandering in the wilderness somewhere between slavery and freedom.
It’s time to go further! It’s time to walk like the winner you are!