Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Him that overcometh...just as Yeshua overcame. You and I must carry our crosses daily, dying daily. That's what the Christian NT teaches, and you are supposedly a disciple of Yeshua, correct? You must overcome.
1Jn_2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
1Jn_2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1Jn_4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Rom_12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good
Rom 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
You must cleave to that which is good and overcome evil. You SweetSue.
Is the post too long now? Did I write too much? I can't present more evidence for my case against your assertion that we can't and shouldn't overcome evil? I can present more evidence, but you won't read it. You probably didn't even bother to read the above scriptures. Anyways, for the rest of you who are in search of truth, keep reading. This is for you because she can't read too much, it hurts her eyes.
Rev_12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
In the above passage you just read, who overcame who? Let's read it in context:
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Rev 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The woman is the church. The assembly of Messiah and the evil one will make war against His people, but those who keep the commandments of God and bear the testimony of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach will defeat the evil one. They will reign with Messiah, with a rod of iron, over the nations. This is the remnant seed, the wheat opposed to the tares, the genuine disciples of Yeshua, who keep His commandments and testimony.
It's not just praying a sinner's prayer that saves you unless you're the thief on the cross, who just learned about Yeshua and is brought to repentance by the grace of YHWH. There's no sin option in YHWH's salvation package. Sorry. There's no carpeting the trenches or fox holes, no drywalling, no airconditioning, no cable or WIFI, no Playstations on this battlefield, your King expects you to fight and overcome the world. If you expect to be a member of His royal family, reigning with Him as a governor over the nations, from heaven, in an immortal, luminous body full of divine glory and power, then you must lay it all down here for the Kingdom of YHWH. There are no shortcuts. The way of Messiah is narrow. Pick up your cross and start walking.
Many of you here in this forum are in your 70s and 80s, some of you might even be older than that. Why the hesitation? This is the last chapter of your mortal, worldly life, and you still hesitate to lay it all down at the foot of the cross? Talk about stubbornness. I'm about to turn 50 in a few weeks and I'm already seeing how vain and worthless this carnal life is, this world is a pile of dung without YHWH. What are you waiting for? Heck if I were your age, I would be completely focused on serving my King and Savior, with fear and trembling, because our meeting is not that far away.