Triumphant in Christ

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Triumphant in Christ

• 2 Corinthians 214

Warfield Blvd. church of Christ Gospel Meeting
October 30, 2005 Prepared by Chris Reeves
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In Christ Series

• True Christians Are
• Blessed in Christ (Eph. 13)
• Living in Christ (1 Pet. 316)
• Complete in Christ (Col. 128)
• Confident in Christ (Eph. 316)
• Triumphant in Christ (2 Cor. 214)

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The Competitive Spirit

• Seen in sports
• Seen in business
• Seen in keeping up with the Jones
• What about beating the Devil?
• We have a spiritual contest going on
• Jesus is a winner (Col. 215), and so should we
  be (Col. 218)

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Triumphant in Christ

• Triumphant in the race (1 Cor. 927 Phil.
  314 Heb. 121-2)
• Triumphant through Gods power (Eph. 120)
• Triumphant through the resurrection (1 Cor.
  1518,19,22,31 2 Cor. 134)
• Triumphant over death (1 Thess. 414,16)

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Triumphant in Christ

• We must desire to win (Phil. 123)
• What we get when we win
• Partakers of his glory (Rom. 817-18
  1 Pet. 413)
• An everlasting kingdom (2 Pet. 111)
• Reign with Christ forever (Rev. 204,6)

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Triumphant in Christ

• Where are you with Jesus?
• WITHOUT Christ state of death
• IN Christ state of grace
• SEVERED from Christ state of apostasy
• WITH Christ state of glory