{"id":552,"date":"2023-05-15T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/?p=552"},"modified":"2024-12-01T17:40:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:40:21","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-overcomer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-overcomer\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean to be an overcomer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dictionary.com definitions:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it mean to \u201covercome\u201d?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n1.\u00a0 to gain the victory; win; conquer<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.);surmount<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it mean to be an \u201covercomer\u201d?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n1.\u00a0 a person who prevails in spite of opposition, difficulties, weakness, etc.[The situation is very frustrating, but I&#8217;ve decided to become an overcomer;I am pressing on.]<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 a person who defeats someone or something in a conflict or struggle [The saints\u00a0\u00a0 are the overcomers of the Evil One.]<\/p>\n<p>==================================================================<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><u>Overcoming is through Faith<\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong> in Jesus Christ as your Saviour.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>AND Put on the whole armor of God<\/u>,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n==================================================================<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"bible-item-title-wrap\"><a class=\"bible-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians%206%3A10-18&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ephesians 6:10-18<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bible-item-text\">\n<p>Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power <b>of<\/b> his might. <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>Put on the whole armor of God<\/u>, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil<\/strong>.<\/span> For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers <b>of<\/b> the darkness <b>of<\/b> this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">[These pieces are described in Ephesians as follows: loins girt with<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong> <u>truth<\/u><\/strong><\/span> (belt of truth), breastplate of <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>righteousness<\/u><\/strong><\/span>, shoes with the preparation of the <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>walking in the spirit<\/u><\/strong><\/span>, shield of<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong> <u>faith<\/u><\/strong><\/span>, helmet of <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>salvation<\/u><\/strong><\/span>, the sword of the <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>Scriptures of God <\/u><\/strong><\/span>and <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>prayer in the spirit<\/u><\/strong><\/span> activates the armor of God.]\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleinfo.com\/en\/questions\/armor-of-god\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/www.bibleinfo.com\/en\/questions\/armor-of-god<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 When you give yourself to Jesus and \u201cput on\u201d His righteousness, you are clothed in the whole armor of God.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2016%3A33&amp;version=KJV\">John 16:33<\/a> KJV<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThese things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have <strong>overcome<\/strong> the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2012%3A21&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Romans 12:21 KJV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBe not <strong>overcome<\/strong> of evil, but <strong>overcome<\/strong> evil with good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20John%204%3A4&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1 John 4:4 KJV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because <u>greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world<\/u>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20John%205%3A4&amp;version=KJV\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 John 5:4 KJV<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><u>For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world<\/u><\/strong><strong>: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20John%205%3A5&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1 John 5:5 KJV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Who is he that overcometh the world, but <u>he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God<\/u>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation%202%3A26&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Revelation 2:26 KJV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAnd he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation%203%3A5&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Revelation 3:5 KJV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHe that <strong>overcome<\/strong>th, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation%203%3A12&amp;version=KJV\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Revelation 3:12 KJV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHim that <strong>overcome<\/strong>th will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dictionary.com definitions: What does it mean to \u201covercome\u201d? 1.\u00a0 to gain the victory; win; conquer 2.\u00a0 to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.);surmount What does it mean to be an \u201covercomer\u201d? 1.\u00a0 a person who prevails in spite of opposition, difficulties, weakness, etc.[The situation is very frustrating, but I&#8217;ve decided to become an overcomer;I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}