Thematic Bible: To the overcomers
Thematic Bible
God's Promises » To the overcomers » To the penitent
I tell you that, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents [i.e., changes his heart and life], than over ninety-nine persons who do not need to repent.
Verse Concepts
And Peter replied, "Every one of you must repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives] and be immersed in the name of Jesus Christ [i.e., by His authority] so that your sins will be forgiven [by God] and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit [to live in your hearts].
Verse Concepts
Those of you who now have an appetite [i.e., for doing what is right] are blessed, because you will be satisfied [eventually]. Those of you who cry now [i.e., over your sins] are blessed, because you will laugh [i.e., when you are forgiven later].
Verse Concepts
Therefore, you people [must] repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives] and turn [back] again [to God] so that your sins will be blotted out and so that you may enjoy times of [spiritual] refreshment from the presence of the Lord [i.e., through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit].
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God's Promises » To the overcomers » Rewards bestowed upon those who overcome
I am writing to you fathers, because you have known Him [i.e., Christ], [who has existed] from the beginning [See John 1:1]. I am writing to you young men, because you have overcome the [power of the] evil one [i.e., through faith they had gained victory over Satan, See 5:4].
Verse Concepts
[But], you people are [followers] of God, little children [i.e., dear ones], and you have overcome them [i.e., these false teachers] because He who is in your lives [i.e., the Holy Spirit, See 3:24] is greater [i.e., more powerful] than he who is in [i.e., dominates] the world [i.e., Satan. See II Cor. 4:4].
Verse Concepts
And who is the person who can overcome [the evil influence of] the world? [It is] the one who [truly] believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
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God's Promises » To the overcomers » Enthronement
The person who has victory [in the Christian life], I will grant him [the privilege of] sitting down with me on my throne, as I also had victory and sat down with my Father on His throne.
Verse Concepts
And they [i.e., the brothers. See 6:9-11] gained the victory over Satan by the blood of the Lamb, and by [remaining true to] the message of their testimony. And they did not love their lives [so much that they refused] to die [for their faith].
Verse Concepts
God's Promises » To the overcomers » An eternal inheritance
The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my child.
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God's Promises » To the overcomers » A memorial pillar
I will make the person who has victory [in the Christian life] a pillar in the Temple of my God [i.e., probably a reference to heaven], and he will never leave it. And I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from heaven from my God [See 21:2, 10] and my own new name.
Verse Concepts
God's Promises » To the overcomers » A new name
"The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will [also] give him a white stone with a new name written on it, which no one understands, except the one who receives it."
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God's Promises » To the overcomers » Authority
"And to the person who has victory [in the Christian life], and who continues to do what I want until the end [of his life], I will give him authority over the nations [Note: This probably refers to a spiritual reign with Christ during the Christian age. See 20:4].
Verse Concepts
God's Promises » To the overcomers » Robes of righteousness
The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will be dressed like that, in white clothing, and I will not blot out his name from the book of life. And I will confess his name in front of my Father and His angels.
Verse Concepts
God's Promises » To the overcomers » Spiritual food
"The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give [the opportunity] to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God." [Note: "Paradise" is equivalent to heaven. See II Cor. 12:4].
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- A Broken Heart
- A New Name
- Authority Of Disciples
- Backsliders
- Benefits Of Heaven
- Benefits Of Sadness
- Broken Hearts
- Delicacies
- Forgiveness Through Repentance
- Forgiving Yourself
- Goals
- Healing A Broken Heart
- Heaven, Inheritance Of
- Heaven, Redeemed Community
- Heirs
- Land, Spiritual Aspects Of
- Mothers Death
- Newness
- Other People Of God
- Overcomers
- Overcoming
- Overcoming Through Christ
- Penitence
- Peter, Preacher And Teacher
- Preaching, Content Of
- Privileges of saints
- Receptiveness
- Relationship Of Father And Son
- Repentance
- Repentance, Nature Of
- Returning To God
- Revelation, Responses To
- Rights
- Satan, Defeat Of
- Satan, Resistance To
- Signs Of Repentance
- Sin, Accepting Forgiveness Of
- Speed Of God's Anger
- Spiritual Adoption
- Spiritual Food
- Taken To Heaven
- Taught By The Spirit
- The World
- Urgency
- Victory, Over Spiritual Forces
- Defeat
- Evil, victory over
- Heartbroken
- Homecoming
- Testimony
- Wholeness