1. Welcome to: Hope Fellowship Church Thanks for worshipping with us! Our mission: “To know the Triune God in the person of Jesus Christ and to make Him known”

2. Message: “Victors in Christ”

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6. Zechariah 3:1-8 Text:

7. Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.

8. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?"

9. 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

10. 4 Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And to him He said, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes."

11. 5 And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.

12. 6 Then the Angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, 7 "Thus says the LORD of hosts:`If you will walk in My ways, And if you will keep My command, Then you shall also judge My house, And likewise have charge of My courts; I will give you places to walk Among these who stand here.

13. . 8 `Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.

14. NKJ Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

15. NKJ John 12:31 "Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

16. NKJ Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

17. 11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 "Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time." (Rev 12:10 NKJ)

18. NKJ 1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

19. 1. Run to Jesus

20. NKJ Colossians 1:13-14 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

21. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

22. 2. Stand and Resist

23. NKJ Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

24. NKJ James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

25. 3. Immediate Obedience With An Attitude of Gratitude

26. NKJ Colossians 1:10-12 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

27. 4. Pray…Pray…Pray

28. NKJ Ephesians 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

29. NKJ 1 John 4:4 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.

30. I AM THE VICTOR! I Still Win! (Author Unknown)