known for his unique ability to simplify profound truth so that it can be applied to Everyday Life Adrien Rogers was one of the most effective preachers respected Bible teachers and Christian leaders of our time thanks for joining us for this message here’s Adrian Rogers I want you to turn to First Peter chapter 4 and today we come to the first six verses in that chapter and today we’re going to be talking about the Conquering Christian because the Bible says as he is in this world so are we not as he is in heaven
but as he is right here he’s Victorious then so are we to be victorious so we’re going to be talking about the Conquering Christian how to live a life of victory over sin let’s read it together all right 1 Peter 4:1 for as much then as Christ hath suffered suffered for us in the flesh arm yourselves likewise with the same mind for he that hath suffered In the Flesh hath ceased from sin that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men but to the will of God for the time past
of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness lusts excess of wine reings banquetings and abominable idolatries wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of Riot speaking evil of you who shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead for this cause was the Gospel preached also to them that are dead that they might be judged according to men in the flesh but live according to God in the spirit and in these verses Simon Peter is
talking to us about victory over this matter of sin through the cross of Jesus Christ now I want to tell you something I want you to pay attention Jesus Christ did not come into this world to save us from Hell Jesus Christ came to save us from sin Matthew 1: 21 Thou shalt call call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their Sin from their sin now I’m not saying if you’re saved that you’re going to hell of course not you’re not going to hell if you get saved but friend not going to hell is the byproduct of being saved from sin
Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sin now I want to say something else it didn’t say he was going to save his people in their sin but from their sin has the power of sin been broken in your life if not you’ve never been saved Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sin it’s going to be a sad day at the Judgment bar for some of these root and toot and shoo and church members who are living a lifestyle of sin who have their name on The Church Road never been born again
Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their then we are to live Victorious lives so many people are just looking for fire insurance they don’t want to go to hell but friend that’s not enough I love that song that we sing Rock of Ages cleft for me let me hide myself in thee let the water and the blood from thy wounded side which flowed now watch this phrase be of sin the double cure save from wrath and make me pure have you had the double cure save from wrath that’s the penalty of sin make me pure That’s The Power of
sin the double cure save from wrath and make me pure let me illustrate I read years ago about a man who was languishing in a prison and they came to this man to his prison cell and they thrust a piece of paper through the bars and said it is your pardon the queen has pardoned you you’re a free man and this man seemed to have no joy he seemed to have no exhileration they thought perhaps he didn’t understand it they said don’t you understand you’re a free man the queen as pardon you with this the man unbuttoned his
