Last Days Believers - The Living Word (notes)

Last Days Believers - The Living Word

Jesus

• Came to give us victory over the kingdom of darkness.
• Is the living Word of God. The Logos, the Word that never dies.

Jesus

• Was with the Father in eternity past. Has always been and will always be.
• John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
• Is the Word of God. Revelation 19:13
• Is the one by which everything was created according to Colossians 1:16

The Word of God

• Is alive and full of power and sharper than any two edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12

All Things

Were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made.

Truths To Look At Today

• Jesus is the center of creation.
• By His Word was everything created and everything is held together by the Word of His Power.

In Him

• Was life and the life was the light of men. Light produces life or sustains life. God is the creator of light and His light is what gives life to creation and revelation to men about this.

God Formed

• Man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Gen. 1:7
• Life was given to man to live forever. The light of God is what gives man the ability to live forever.

The Light

• Shines in the darkness; and the darkness can never extinguish it. (New Living Trans.)
• The darkness couldn’t put it out. (Message)
• The darkness has not overcome it. (KJV)
• The light blazed out of the darkness. (Message)

John 1:5

The Kingdom

• Of God always advances into the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of darkness has never been able to stop it and it never will.

Jesus Came to destroy the works (kingdom of darkness) of the Devil.

I John 1:8

Events that are happening right now in the world were all predicted as events that would happen before Jesus Christ would return for His people, the church.

What We Must Look for:

The coming of the Lord before we look at the kingdom of darkness and all the evil in the world.

When We

• Pray, we are to pray, “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

The Kingdom

• Of heaven has been forcefully advancing since John came announcing the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 11:12

Points To Ponder

• The light of the glory of God will always defeat the darkness and its evil forces.
• We are children of the light.
• We are called the light of the world.

The Great Promise

Of Jesus is that His kingdom would destroy the forces of darkness.

Of Jesus is that we are to go into the very gates of hell and snatch people from going into eternity without salvation.

Matthew 16:18

But As Many

• As received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in His name.

John 1:10-12

This Is God’s Time

• For the church to understand the authority and the power that we have by being a part of the kingdom of God.
• For the church to advance into the kingdom of darkness and defeat the enemies of the cross.
• For us to stand in the power of His might and defeat our enemy.

Eph. 6