7/17/26 BEING A REAL WINNER

7/17/26 BEING A REAL WINNER

Living without Christ is a losing proposition for the unsaved.
Jesus said,
"You must be born again."

After being saved, refusing to surrender all to Christ and receive the purifying fulness of the Holy Spirit is a losing proposition.

Jesus said,
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

God also said,
"Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord."
And

"Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double minded."

The person who refuses to die to self and the world, and who refuses to be purified in heart and life, will give into carnality and sin, and will eventually abandon God altogether.

Satan's agenda is to keep the sinner from being justified, and then to keep the believer from being entirely sanctified.
The Holy Spirit said,
Psalms 24:3-5
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

And
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
23 And the very God of peace sanctify (make you holy) you wholly (completely, entirely); and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

And
James 4:7-10
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.