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Episode 110 - Overcoming Evil · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that
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is with him. He bless his Holy name. We welcome you once again
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to this another edition of End Time Revival Ministries USA A Man Podcasts, And
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we UH again welcome you to this uh N another edition of our Amen
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podcasts and video UH podcasts of a Man Our, a man endeavoring to a
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man, share the word of the Lord, a man, and just be
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the voice that God has called us to be, to disseminate the Word of
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God faithfully, to live by it, and also to a man thriving prosper
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in a world where Amen, there is hopelessness and despair, we can know
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we have an assurance, a blessed assurance that a man, that God is
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not only with us, but He is for us. And so this is
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a man how we a man can overcome And that's what we're going to be
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talking about. Today overcoming evil. We've been in a series on the problem
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of evil, and certainly we understand that there is a problem. There is
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a problem of evil, and it is not only present with us, but
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it is also in us, in our nature and our human nature. So
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it's in this world. It's a part of this fallen world in which we
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live. And no amount of denying it, trying to ignore it, renaming
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it, it's going to change the fact that it is evil and it is
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a problem. And being the wretched men that we are, we need to
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be delivered, as the Apostle Paul wrote about in Romans chapter number seven,
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we need to be delivered from this body of death. Amen. The sin
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nature again that's within our members, is at war, is at war with
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the law of God a man, and against the good a man that we
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know that we ought to do. And this is again what the Apostle Paul
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was speaking about in Romans chapter number seven. I know what I ought to
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do. I know the things that I ought to be doing that and the
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good things that I ought to be doing. But there's evil present. Evil
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is present with me. And so I'm consenting to the law of God that
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it is good I understand that the law of God is good, but I've
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got a problem trying to obey the law of God. And this is why,
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Amen, it was necessary for Jesus to come, and he did.
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And of course he said, and Jesus spoke these words, I've come that
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you might have life in my l and that you might have it more abundantly.
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And also he said, now is the prince of this world cast out.
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Jesus came to and he did destroy the works of the devil. Amen.
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He defeated the power of darkness, death, hell, and the grave,
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all of it defeated. Amen. And as we live a man out,
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our lives on this side of eternity. It is simply a matter of
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overcoming the evil that is in this world. And the Bible doesn't leave us
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to ourselves, to our own power, to our own thinking, to our
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own perspectives as to how this is to be done. Amen, we overcome
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a man by Amen, the power of God and the word of God that
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he is given to us. Because we're living in the world where the whole
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of creation, the Bible tells us, the whole of creation is growing and
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travailing and waiting for the redemption Amen, the restoration from the fall a man
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that we had in the garden of Eden. And for those of us who
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have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, those of us, those
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of us who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. We are also
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still subjected to the influence of evil, the presence of evil. We're subjected
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to it, but we're not to be overcome by it. We're not to
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succumb to it. Amen. But we're not yet removed from the presence of
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evil in our world, because it's here, it's around us every day,
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and it is attempting to a man coerce us, to influence us with all
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kinds of devices. At the enemy. A man schemes up, schemes up
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constantly. So we have to be alert. The Bible tells us to be
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sober, to be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil, he goes
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about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. And you know
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how the Bible speaks about Lot. When Lot was living in Sodom, and
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gomorrow a man in the city of Sodom. The Bible tells us that a
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man he vexed his righteous soul from day to day. It was a daily
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grind, living a man amidst all of the evil, a man that was
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in his world. And that day he vexed his righteous soul. The Bible
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says, from day to day with their un goodly, with their unlawful deeds.
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And again, although we must occupy in this world and live here,
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and and again be the living epistles, to be the people of God,
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to be the light that's in this world, to be that city set on
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the hill, that's what Jesus called us, the salt of the earth.
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All of that. Amen, We've got to live here in this present world
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until Jesus returned for his church. But again, thanks be to God,
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he has not left us hopeless and ill equipped a man to contend with these
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forces of evil that we must war against. And again the apostle Paul makes
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it chrystal clear Ephesians chapter number six. And we're not wrestling against flesh and
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blood. This is spiritual. This is spiritual warfare. And so God first
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and foremost has bequeathed to us a man, the whole armor, as it
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were, the whole armor of God that we are, that we are to
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put on. See there's something that we have to do. We have to
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call it. I try to keep things simple. It's really a simple matter,
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simply to me, a matter of us cooperating with the Holy Spirit.
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If the Holy Spirit is in you, it's a matter of you cooperating with
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him. Amen. As he does the work, as he tears down the
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strongolds. Again, Jesus has already defeated the powers of the darkness. But
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until Jesus comes back, and until the Day of the Lord is complete,
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Amen, and evil is completely vanquished forever. Amen. Until that time,
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Amen, we in this world, living in this world, the people of
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God, we have been equipped with everything that we need, Amen, to
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overcome, to withstand in the evil day. As the Bible tells us a
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man, in this spiritual warfare, that we're wrestling uh. And then again,
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it's not against flesh and blood. We're wrestling against spiritual wickedness, principalities
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and powers that are invisible, invisible forces to our eyes. But we know
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again that the presence of evil is undeniable. We know that the wickedness is
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at work in this world. But in addition to the armor of God,
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Amen, that he that he has given to us, God has also Amen,
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to supplied us with weapons. The Bible says, weapons of warfare,
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Amen, that are not carnal. Amen. He's given us these mighty weapons.
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Uh, for us to engage in battle. Amen, to root out,
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to cast down, to to to to cast out, to drive away
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demons and forces. And Uh. Again the power, the power is of
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God. The power is through him. Again, the Bible tells us that
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the weapons of our warfare are n carna, but mighty through God. To
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the pulling down of strongholds. Amen. And so we just simply, as
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the people of God, need to amen, use what God has given to
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us, what God has equipped us with, so that we can indeed be
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the overcomers that He has already proclaimed us to be. And I want to
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give you a few scriptures before we close this. Of course, out we
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always go to the word of the Lord. Amen. So we're going to
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go first to Romans chapter number twelve, for the Bible again gives us crystal
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clear, crystal clear instructions as to how we are to overcome evil in this
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world. Again, we cannot pretend that evil doesn't exist. We cannot pretend
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that it is something other than what it is. It is evil, It
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is wickedness. It is a man rebellion against God. Amen. And we
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need to call it for what it is, and even again when it's in
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us, when it comes from us. As I think I pointed out in
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the earlier session, how that David Amen, when he sinned against God and
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committed adultery, had the woman's husband kill all of those things. When he
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repented, he did not deny, He did not try to cover up.
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He did I dress up or water down what he did. He called it
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for what it was. He said against thee and the only have I done
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this evil in your sight that you might be just, Amen. So we
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need to call it for what it is. It's evil. Adultery is evil,
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fornication is evil. Amen. Theft, all of the things that the
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Bible speaks of, jealousy, malice, envy, hatred, you name it,
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it's evil. It's evil. Let's call evil for what it is.
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Just the Bible calls it for what it is, covetousness, whatever it is,
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Amen, it's evil. And so we are to we and we need
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to listen. This is one of our biggest problems, even in the church.
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We don't agree with God. Amen. We need to Listen, we've
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got to agree with God. If the people of God don't agree with God,
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I mean, we know the world doesn't. Amen. So we've got
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to agree with God and call those things that are evil for what they are
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and acknowledge them first and foremost within our own selves, Amen, Because we
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are a man called to be more and more like Jesus every day, and
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so that's what we are. That's what we're striving to be. And again
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I get the whole lest you know, going to heaven all of that,
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but listen, God has called for us to live holy and godly right here
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in this present world. It's not just about going to Heaven. Of course,
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we amen, know that that's the ultimate man, eternal destination and all
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of that. But listen, God has predestined and called us to be conformed
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to the image of his son. Amen. He called us to be conformed.
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Be not conformed to this world, Amen, but be transformed by the
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renewing of your mind. So He's called for us, to a man,
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to be more and more like Jesus right here in this present world. And
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again, if we're going to be more and more like Jesus, we gotta
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love the things that God loved and hate the things that God hates, and
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the world hated Jesus because he testified against the evil that's in the world.
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So Amen, that's what God has called for us to be overcomers. He's
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already won for us the victory and declared us to be a man, calling
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those things which be not as though they were a man. He's already declared
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us to be more than conquerors. And so we simply need to walk in
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it by faith. Grab hold of what God has for us, cooperate with
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the Holy Spirit, and watch God do great things in our lives and around
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us. Romans, Chapter twelve, Verse number nine. The Bible says,
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listen, let love be without dissimulation. Now, how do we overcome evil?
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Listen when the Bible says, abhor that is hate, despise, reject
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that which is evil, Cleave to that which is good Verse seventeen. Recompense
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to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all
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men. Verse eighteen. If it be possible, as much as life in
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you live peaceably with all men. Amen. Verse nineteen. Dearly Beloved,
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avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath. For it is written,
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vengeance is mine. I will repay saith the Lord. Therefore, if
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thine enemy hunger, feed him, if he thirst, give him drink.
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For inso doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not
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overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Amen. I think the
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instructions here, just in this twelfth chapter of Romans is crystal clear. If
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we're going to a man, be the overcomers that God has called for us
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to be again. This is about overcoming evil again, not only the evil.
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We want to look at the evil and call the evil out. That's
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in some cases, out in the world, other people, you know,
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other things. But we've first and foremost got to deal with Amen, the
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inside of us. And the Bible says we are to abhor that which is
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evil. We are to cleave to that which is good. And then when
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evil is done to us, we are not to recompense evil a man.
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Don't look for vengeance paying back a man. The Bible says. We are
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to be peacemakers, and we are to strive as much as possible. The
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Bible says, and God understands, He knows, and this is a beautiful
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thing about this great salvation. God will put no more on us than we
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can bear. Amen. But as much as possible, the Bible says,
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live peaceably with all men. Amen. Again, God has called us to
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be peacemakers. Matthew chapter five tell us, blessed are the peacemakers a man,
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for they shall be called the children of God. We are not to
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avenge ourselves. A man. If you want to overcome evil, a man.
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If you want to overcome evil, just follow these things that the Bible
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tells us. Here a man living as much as possible, peace with all
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men. Don't seek vengeance revenge Amen for yourself. Amen. But brother,
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he says, give place to wraft. The Bible tells us clearly that the
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wrath of man does not work the righteousness or produce the righteousness of God.
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Amen. And we're not even let the sun go down on our wrath.
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We have to forgive as we have been forgiven. And as difficult as that
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might be a man, this is how we can overcome evil in this world.
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Amen, give place to wrath. And then he tells us, if
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your enemy is hungry feeding, if he's thirsty, give him drink. Nourish
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your hungry enemy. Give him food, give him drink, And the Bible
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says you will heat coals of fire on his head. We are not to
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be overcome by evil. Don't let evil get the best of you. Evil
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has already been defeated. God has already defeated it. He's given us the
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weapons, giving us to armor. Amen. He's given us the power,
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His powers with us in present. Amen, to work on our behalf.
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And again it's a matter of us cooperating with the Holy Spirit. Amen,
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be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with the good. Amen.
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Overcome evil with good. And I'm gonna give you a couple more scriptures and
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we're done. And listen what the Bible tells us. The first desalone is
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five verse fifteen. See that none render evil for evil unto any man.
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So again, same thing, same principle, biblical principle. Do not render,
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do not repay, do not go tit for tat evil for evil.
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Amen, you will not. We cannot overcome evil by evil. Good is
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what overcomes evil, not evil. All you're going to do is create.
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All we're going to do is create more evil, create more having Amen,
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because you know you're if you're doing returning evil, as it were, to
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someone who is ungodly, to someone who doesn't have the spirit of God in
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them. Amen. They're not going to amen, resist the urge. They're
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not going to have the power to not seek vengeance. Amen. And so
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all we're going to do is continue a cycle of evil percolating and circulating and
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a man by by allowing the devil, amen, as it were, to
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get the best of us. Let's just call it what it is. You
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allowed the devil to get the best of you. If you attempt to overcome
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evil with evil, that's that's that's sinful. If we allow evil, Amen,
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to work in us. Amen, to operate in us, sin.
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Amen. And so the Bible, again crystal clear to us, excuse me
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for us, tells us that we the people of God, we're not to
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render evil for evil unto any man, but ever follow that which is good,
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both among yourselves, again what the Bible says, and to all men.
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Let me read that again. First, the Salonians market in your Bible,
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chapter five, verse fifteen, see that none, none of us,
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are to render evil for evil unto any man, but ever follow that which
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is good. Paul says, both among yourselves and to all men, not
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only to those in the church, not only to those who are of the
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household of faith, but to all men. Amen. One Peter chapter three,
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verse nine. Again Peter, the same biblical prayers, same biblical command,
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same understanding that we have, should have, and need to have and
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practice. Listen what he says first Peter Chapter three, verse nine. Not
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rendering evil for evil or railing for railing, but contrawise blessing, knowing that
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you are thereunto called, that you should inherit a blessing. We all to
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be people of blessing, not cursing, not evil, not railing. Oh
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God help us. Amen. Amen, peacemakers, peacemakers, and we overcome
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evil with good Amen. And again we are equipped. We don't have any
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excuse. We have no excuse. We have the whole armor of God.
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And listen, by the way the Bible tells us, we have to put
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it on. That's cooperation. Put on the whole. In other words,
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it's available to us. Amen. The sword of the Spirit, which is
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the Word of God, the heaven of salvation, breastplate of righteousness. The
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Bible says, our feet shot with the preparation of gospel, peace, and
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we are to pray without ceasing all of those things again, the weapons that
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God has given to us, and the power of the Holy Spirit being present
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with us. Amen. He empowers us. Amen. And he moves within
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us. He never leaves us, he never forsakes us. Amen. And
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so we have everything that we need that pertains the life and godliness Amen.
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In this world, and we have the Bible says, the greater One within
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us. Greater is he who is in you than he that is in the
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world. We have the greater One within us. Amen. And the Bible
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tells us also we have overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the
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word of our testimony. So Amen. Again, let us ask the people
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of God understand that there is Amen, clear Biblical instruction for us as to
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how we are to overcome evil in this world. A man don't try it
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any other way, Amen. Will not to render evil for evil, no
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tit for tat Amen. And as difficult as it may be. And the
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Bible says, this is to all men, not just the people in the
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church. Amen. But this is to all men. A man pray for
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them that despitefully use you, Amen, overcome evil with Good Father. We
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thank you for all of your precious promises, Your word that is sure a
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man, your word that is going with out of your mouth. Lord,
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we know that you are sovereign, you in control. Lord. We pray
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that you will a man work, will work in us, help us to
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a man, they cooperate with your Holy Spirit, a man at work at
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us, at work in this world, so that men again everywhere can see
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that you are the true and live in God, and that you are thus
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savior of all them that believe, and that you are the difference maker.
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Amen. In a world that is filled with calamity, evil and wickedness.
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God be glorified today in your people everywhere. In Jesus' name we bring your
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thanks, Amen and Amen