Oh, Heavenly Father, Thou dost know the desire of our hearts. We ask Thee only one thing: that Thou wilt reveal Thy Son in us more fully.
We want not only to see Him, but we want to be filled with Him. We do pray that, as we together wait in Thy presence, it should be Thy pleasure to do this very thing to Thy people.
Lord, our heart is that Christ may be exalted; that He truly may be all in all; that His love may fill our hearts; that we may be unto the praise of His glory.
Oh Lord, we ask that at this moment Thou wilt deliver us from thinking of ourselves. We pray that we may think only of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
We do commit this hour into Thy hands. We ask Thee that, if it should please Thee, Thou wilt speak through Thy Word to us. Thou wilt do Thy work tonight, as Thou hast been doing since we began to meet. We do praise and worship Thee together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and for His glory. Amen.
I believe all you brothers and sisters agree with me that, even though we have met just a few times, yet I feel my heart is very full. I do thank the Lord that it does not need to wait until the end of our time together to begin to realize what He means to us.
I do praise the Lord that we may experience what He means to us even from the very beginning, because He is the First, and we believe He is also the Last.
Some months ago, as I was thinking of this time that we will have together, I was before the Lord, wondering what He would have us consider together before Him. And just one word came to me.
During the past few months, I may say that in the very beginning I did not put too much thought on that one word. That one word has been with me, but I had not really meditated upon it until the Lord laid me aside. It was during that time that the word began to become stronger and stronger within me.
Many times I asked the Lord if this is what He wants to speak through this little instrument for this time. But somehow I feel this is what the Lord wants to say.
So I hope that during our evening times together, if the Lord wills, we will consider together this one word. I do not know if this has been the exercise of your heart during the past year also.
And that one word is very simple. If I mention it, you know it already. That is the word overcome.
Will you please turn with me to the last book of the Bible, Revelation, chapter 5? We will read that whole chapter.
And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon.
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.
And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.
And He came, and He taketh it out of the right hand of Him that sat on the throne.
And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with Thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.
And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto Him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever.
And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.—Revelation 5:1-14
We have a very glorious chapter before us. It is a glorious scene in heaven.
I believe most people know that this is the theme: all the glory of redemption. In Revelation 4, we are told of the glory of creation; then here we have the glory of redemption.
There in Revelation 4:11, it says:
Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they were, and were created.
So there you find the glory of creation, or we may say, the glory of the Creator. How glorious a scene we see in Revelation 4. Then, following that, we have this chapter before us, which is the glory of redemption.
Because we find it mentioned here:
Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with Thy blood men of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.
And again it says:
Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
Here we find redemption is the song. It is the glory of the Redeemer.
Whether you believe that this is also the scene of the ascension of our Lord, whether you believe this happens at the time of our Lord’s ascension or not, I think that is not of great importance. Because, anyway, redemption is eternal. The glory of redemption is eternal.
But personally, I feel probably this describes a scene at the ascension of our Lord Jesus. As He ascended up to heaven, there you find this glorious scene opened to us.
For the sake of having some background for what we will desire to fellowship this evening, I am afraid that we have to get into a little interpretation. Now, this is something I would like to avoid very much.
We know that especially the Book of Revelation is interpreted in so many different ways, and every interpreter feels that his is the interpretation. So I am very much afraid to offer you another interpretation, or to follow any interpretation of any person.
I do hope that you will bear with me if I have to do a little interpretation. If you do not agree with me, I am perfectly happy about it. I certainly do not want to force you into my interpretation.
I remember some years ago, I was in South America. When I was there, I met a servant of the Lord, and we began to have some time together.
He began to press upon me concerning certain passages in the Scripture. He wanted me to tell him how I felt about them—how I understood these passages.
Now, I tried to do my best to avoid such things, but he pressed me, and I had no retreat. I knew what he was after, but he just caught hold of me. He would not let me off.
Well, I felt that I had to say something. So I told him, “That is how I personally believe. But I am open. I am willing to change my interpretation if I find out that that is not the most satisfactory one.”
But even though I tried to tell him in this way, he came back saying that I did not believe in the Bible. The reason was because it so happened that my interpretation was different from his interpretation of these passages.
So I tried to tell my brother, “Brother, I do believe the Bible. We may differ in interpretation, but certainly we believe the Bible.” But somehow his mind was made up.
So I do believe that you will not treat me this way, because if you do, I would rather just sit down.
For the sake of giving some background, I am afraid I have to do a little interpretation. As I say, if you do not agree, I am perfectly happy. You can keep on interpreting it in the way that you used to.
Anyway, the important thing is not the interpretation. The important thing is that which we are driving at. If we can really see what we are driving at, then you can forget about the interpretation.
Here you find a glorious thing in heaven. I think it was a great suspense.
As you come to this chapter, I believe you should hold your breath, because here you find One who was sitting on the throne, and in His hand was a book. But it was a sealed book.
A proclamation went forth: “Who is worthy to take the book from the hand of the One who sits upon the throne, to open it and to read it?”
But after the mighty angel had made this proclamation, there was, for a time, no response—no response in heaven, no response on earth, no response anywhere in the universe.
I believe that if you were there—and we should be there—it was a great suspense. You do not know what will happen. If you really know what it meant, you would weep much, as the Apostle John did.
When the Apostle John waited and waited, and there was no answer, no response, he wept much. Why? Because he knew too much was involved.
It was not just a matter of a person or a few people. It was a matter that concerned, as our brother said, the eternal purpose of God. He wept because if there should be no response, then everything is really finished.
Then you remember, an elder comforted him and said, “Weep not. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, He hath overcome.”
And because He has overcome, therefore He is worthy to take the book, to open it, and to make it known.
Now, dear brothers and sisters, what is that book? That is where the interpretation comes in.
I personally believe, and I know many believe the same way, that this is the title deed of the earth. This book tells us of the right of God over His creation.
You know, God created the earth, the heavens, and the earth. God was not only the Creator of the universe; He was also the Owner of the universe. He had never given up His ownership, though He often gives stewardship. But the ownership is ever in His own hands.
Once upon a time, if our understanding of the Scripture is correct, God seemed to give the earth to an archangel, under the rulership and stewardship of an archangel, that that archangel might rule the earth for the glory of God.
But somehow unrighteousness was found in this one, and the whole earth entered into emptiness and void.
Can you remember? God created man. Before He created man, He first made the earth habitable.
I think one thing we should know is that God never works along a mechanical line. God is well able to restore the earth mechanically, physically, and He did, to a certain degree. But God’s way is always along a spiritual and moral principle.
He did restore the earth out of ruin and made it habitable. But that does not mean that God had restored the earth. The restoration waits upon something that runs along a spiritual and moral line, and that is the reason why God created man.
God created a being a little lower than angels. With that being, He is going to subdue the earth and restore it morally and spiritually into the very plan and thought of God.
He did restore the earth physically, but that was only a preparation. Then He created man, and His hope was with man—that through man, the whole earth and all the created things might be restored unto God and to the praise of His glory.
In other words, when man was created, you remember he was created in the image of God. Not only in the image of God, but he was given dominion over the earth.
He was created in the image of God that he might communicate with God, that he might receive God into him, that he might know God and His way. He was given dominion—power, authority—over the created things.
And we all know all these are for the purpose of bringing the earth back to God’s intention.
Dear brothers and sisters, from here we know one thing: man was created with the purpose of being an overcomer.
God did not create man that he might be defeated. God created man with a purpose: that through man, the adversary of God might be defeated. In other words, man was created with the purpose of being an overcomer.
It is only when man overcomes that God’s purpose will be fulfilled. And God has made every provision for man to be an overcomer. He was created in the image of God so that he may overcome. He was given dominion so that he may overcome. He was given every opportunity and possibility of overcoming the adversary.
And yet, we know Adam was defeated. He was defeated in the stewardship of man.
But that does not mean that the ownership of God is jeopardized, because we find that in the hand of the One who sits upon the throne there is this book. God still holds the ownership of this earth and all the created things.
But He is waiting for man. He is waiting for that Man, the Man who has overcome, to restore the earth and to bring everything back to the purpose of God.
About three thousand years later, we find in the Book of Psalms, in Psalm 8, that David, under the Holy Spirit, began to mention something, saying:
What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that Thou visitest him?
For Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels,
And crownest him with glory and honor.
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen,
Yea, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.—Psalm 8:4-8
About three thousand years later, you find God had not given up His thought. Here you find He is still talking of man: “What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?”
The first man failed, but God had not given up the thought of man, the overcomer. So, in one sense, through David God reassured us that He had not changed His mind. He was still looking for the Man, the Overcomer.
On the other hand, through the prophet David, He foretold that one day the Man of God’s heart would come. And when He should come, God’s purpose would be fulfilled.
Then another thousand years had gone by until you find in Hebrews 2. There it says:
What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?
Or the son of man, that Thou visitest him?
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels;
Thou crownedst him with glory and honor,
And didst set him over the works of Thy hands:
Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet.
For in that He subjected all things unto him, He left nothing that is not subject to him.
But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.
But we behold Him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He should taste of death for every man.
For it became Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.—Hebrews 2:6-10
Here you find, after probably four thousand years, in Jesus, in Christ Jesus, God has finally found His Man.
And here you find it is connected with Revelation 5. There you find this Man, the Overcomer. Here you find He ascended up on high, and there He was given this book to open it and to make it known.
In other words, He alone is worthy to execute the plan of God concerning the earth, and of course, all the created things.
So, dear brothers and sisters, in Revelation 5 we find the glory of the Redeemer. Here you find Christ, the Overcomer.
You know, very often when we think of the word overcome, we start with ourselves. “How can I be an overcomer? How can I overcome?” And we try to overcome.
I think the very thought of being an overcomer can be too self-centered. Probably this is the reason why we are overcome instead of overcoming.
The right concept of overcoming in the Bible must begin with Him. First, we must have a vision of Him—of Christ, the Overcomer. Unless we know Christ as the Overcomer, you will never overcome.
Our whole possibility of being an overcomer rests upon Him, the Overcomer. So I do look to the Lord, dear brothers and sisters, that we shall not start with ourselves.
Because if we do, we will hang ourselves too. We will never get out of ourselves.
I believe that the Lord wants us to see Him, to behold Him. The Word says, “Behold.” There is no overcomer except One. Who is worthy? No one is worthy but He.
Behold the Man, the Overcomer.
You know, in the Book of Revelation, you find very often that it is written in symbolic terms.
Here you find the elder comforting the weeping apostle, saying, “No, weep not. It is not as hopeless as you think. Actually, it is very hopeful. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David.”
Of course, you are not looking for a literal lion. It is a figurative way of speaking. This lion character, this lion feature of Christ, describes to us an inward character, and with this character He overcomes.
Then later on, as John tried to look for the lion, he saw a Lamb. So if you are really looking for a lion, you will not find it, because you see a Lamb.
Again, we will say even this Lamb is symbolic, representative. It reveals a lamb character.
Our Lord Jesus is the Overcomer, and He overcomes on the basis of these two characters. How does He overcome? He overcomes as a Lion, and He overcomes as a Lamb. In these two features, He accomplished victory.
Let us look a little into these two features. First, the lion.
When you see a lion, or you hear the word lion, what is the impression that comes to you? When you think of a lion, immediately you realize that a lion is the king of the beasts—majestic, powerful, full of strength, fearless, accepting every challenge, never retreating.
All these thoughts will come into you. Our Lord Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. As we read the four Gospels, you will find through the life of our Lord Jesus a lion character in Him.
First of all, you find that in the life of our Lord Jesus there is that singleness of purpose, that utter devotedness unto the Father.
There is no looking to the right or to the left, or even looking backward. But you find our Lord Jesus set His face as a flint. He is like a lion. He never goes back.
You find that He has set His heart upon the will of the Father, and there He goes. There is no deviation. There is no compromise. There is that singleness of heart and purpose, a determination. There is no fear.
There is the lion character.
When He was twelve, you remember, when He reached the age of being a son of the law, He went with His earthly parents to Jerusalem. But He tarried there. Finally, they found Him in the temple, asking questions and answering them.
When His earthly parents said, “Why, child, dost Thou treat us this way?” our Lord Jesus said, “Knew ye not that I must be in My Father’s house?” Even when He was twelve, His heart was set upon the Father.
When He was thirty, John the Baptist was baptizing the people, and He went and asked to be baptized. John hesitated: “I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me?”
But the Lord Jesus said, “Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.” There you find He offered Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of this world.
Ever since that time, you find our Lord Jesus had His heart set upon the Father. He was in the wilderness, tempted forty days and forty nights.
Oh, how Satan tried to draw Him out, tried to make Him claim what was rightfully His claim. “If Thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” He is the Son of God. He certainly could turn these stones into bread.
But the Lord gave His answer: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Throughout His life, you find that singleness of purpose, that utter devotedness unto the Father. He said, “Your time is always ready; but My time is not yet come.” You can do anything you like, but I cannot.
“I speak because My Father has spoken. I do it because I have seen Him do it.” You find that our Lord Jesus committed Himself fully to the Father, and there He went straight, without any deviation.
Even in the Garden of Gethsemane, you remember His prayer was, “Not My will, but Thy will be done.”
This is the first feature of a lion character: steadfastness of spirit, determination of heart, singleness of mind, wholly committed and devoted to the Father.
Oh, there is such a holy boldness in our Lord Jesus. When you read the four Gospels, you find our Lord Jesus was not afraid to uncover the mask of the day. He was not afraid to tear off pretense and tradition. He was a Lion.
He overcomes because He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
Now, dear brothers and sisters, of course we know one thing, and that is most basic: if you want to overcome anything, the first thing is that you must overcome yourself.
If you have not overcome yourself, you will not be able to overcome anything, however small that thing may be. You see, we always try to overcome this thing and that thing. If you start that way, you will discover that even though that thing is a very small thing, it overcomes you.
If you want to be an overcomer, the first thing is that you have to overcome yourself.
And look at our Lord Jesus. You find how He denied Himself completely. His holy self is not like ourselves. In ourselves, in our flesh, there is no good. But He is different. He is a holy Self.
And yet you find in the life of our Lord Jesus how He completely denied Himself. He had full control over Himself. Never for a moment did He give in to Himself—to His holy Self, we must say.
Now, it is almost beyond understanding because we do not have this experience. We do not have this experience of a holy self. But here you find our Lord Jesus is so holy and blameless and spotless—even Himself.
And yet He said, “Not My will, but Thy will be done.” He had full control over Himself.
Because He overcame Himself so completely, you find He overcame that which was around Him.
Toward the end of His life, He said, “In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” He was in the world, but He was not of the world.
The world tried its best to get into Him. But toward the end, the world realized they had to get Him out, because He would never let the world get into Him. He had overcome the world.
Do not think that overcoming the world is just overcoming this thing or that thing in the world—do not go to this place, do not go to that place, give up this thing, give up that thing—and that is overcoming the world. Not at all.
It may be included, but overcoming the world is this: do not let the world have a foothold in your life. That is overcoming the world.
Oh, He has overcome sin completely. He was tempted in all things just as we are, yet without sin. He has overcome sin because of His utter devotedness unto the Father.
He has overcome the ruler of this world. Even toward the end of His life, He said, “The ruler of this world hath come: and he hath nothing in Me.” There is no place.
Because of this, He was able to spoil the principalities and authorities and make a show of them, because He had overcome the ruler of this world.
And, of course, lastly, He has overcome death. The last enemy is death, but here you find He went into death, not trying to avoid it. He went into death; He brought death to death; and out He came in resurrection power.
The life of our Lord Jesus—you find He overcame as a Lion.
If we want to be overcomers, there must be this lion character in us. We do not have it. You may have a very strong will.
I think it is easier to find strong wills than to find weak wills. One day, a few of us—I think five of us—were talking together, and one sister said, “Everyone is strong-willed.” I agree with her.
I think it is very difficult to find a weak-willed person. Well, we are all weak-willed in certain things, in certain respects; that is true. But in the core of our will, you find we are very strong, all of us.
We may be very strong-willed, but we do not overcome. This lion character is not enough.
But thank God, because Christ is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, He has overcome. Dear brothers and sisters, how do we overcome? By being in union with Him.
It is only by our being united with Him in one that you find His character begins to characterize us. That is how we are brought into overcoming experiences.
Do not think that being an overcomer is just by listening to some overcoming messages, or being an overcomer just by claiming Romans 6. Well, these may be included, yes. But you find that it is not a formula.
Christianity is not a system of formulas. By repeating certain magic words, you overcome. That is not Christianity.
The only way to overcome is to be united with the Overcomer. It is His life; it is His character that overcomes, and nothing else.
But this is only one side. We find there is another side. When the elder said, “Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,” the Apostle John began to open his eyes. You know, when you are weeping, you do not see very clearly.
So he tried to open his weeping eyes and tried to locate the Lion, but he could not see the Lion. He saw a Lamb—a Lamb slain, standing.
You see, all these are paradoxes. A lion cannot be a lamb. A lamb slain cannot stand. But here you find a Lamb slain, yet standing, with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Here you find the other side of Christ, the Overcomer. There is a lion side, and there is a lamb side. Naturally, a lion and a lamb cannot be together. You have to wait until the millennium, as you find in Isaiah, to have the lion and the lamb together.
But here you find in the life of our Lord Jesus, on the one hand there is a lion character, and at the same time there is a lamb character.
He overcomes as a Lion. Probably we can understand that. But He overcomes as the Lamb—that is beyond human reason.
And, dear brothers and sisters, the greatest victory of our Lord Jesus is through this lamb character.
He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. You find in Isaiah 53, when the prophet prophesied about our Lord Jesus, how he describes the lamb character of our Lord:
He was oppressed, yet when He was afflicted He opened not His mouth;
As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
And as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb,
So He opened not His mouth.
By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who among them considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?—Isaiah 53:7-8
He is the Lamb. He was born in a manger. He was born as a little baby—helpless.
We would think that if the Savior of the world should come, He should come forth as a full-grown man, because He should be the symbol of strength. Adam came forth as a full-grown man when he was created. But this full-grown man was a very weak man.
Our Lord Jesus came to this earth as a baby—weak, helpless—and yet the greatest strength is in Him.
He was brought up in Nazareth. “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” He was like a root out of dry ground. There was no comeliness, no outward beauty to attract attention.
Throughout all the life of our Lord Jesus, He said, “I am meek and lowly in heart. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me.”
He was reviled, but He never reviled again. He was humble, meek, and lowly.
He never tried to hurt anyone. When He was hurt, He never answered back. He is like a lamb led to the place of slaughter, and He is silent.
He is like a sheep under the scissors of the shearer. All His wool is being sheared; all His beauty, all His glory. Oh, how people stripped Him, took away everything from Him.
He was silent. He was willing to suffer. He was willing to die on the cross.
The way of the Lamb is the way of the cross.
Dear brothers and sisters, why is it that God has to use the Lamb slain—the cross—to overcome?
It is because of the cause and consequence of the fall of man. Man fell because of pride, independence, and self-exaltation. This is the cause of the fall of man.
In order to deliver man, the cross is the only way, where self is denied, is crucified, is taken away.
All by being the Lamb of God—so meek and lowly, suffering so much, enduring so much in silence, and finally dying on the cross as the Lamb slain.
This is the victory. The greatest victory in the universe is obtained through this lamb character of our Lord Jesus.
How can we overcome? How can we ever be overcomers? There must be this lamb character.
You know, sometimes we are as bold as lions. We devour everything. There is no lamb character in us.
Where is the spirit of the Lamb? Where is the spirit of humility? Where is the willingness to suffer in silence?
Yes, sometimes we suffer, but the whole world knows about it.
We are lacking in this self being taken away—selflessness, the cross. We lack this lamb character. Even though we are very bold, and sometimes too bold, we do not overcome.
Dear brothers and sisters, there has to be a combination of these two. No one can put these two together and make a compound out of it. No one can do that. Only by union with Christ—that is the only way.
So, dear brothers and sisters, let us remember one thing: God is looking for overcomers. His whole plan rests upon man as overcomer.
But to be an overcomer, there is only one way, and that is by union with Christ. That is the only way.
It is only when we are united with Christ that Christ the Overcomer begins to characterize us. This lion character and this lamb character begin to grow in us. As Christ is gradually formed in us, you see man as overcomer.
So let our eyes be centered, focused upon Him. Do not look at yourselves. If you look into yourselves, you will be discouraged.
But let our eyes be focused upon Christ, and see Him as the Overcomer.
And you know, the Lamb slain, standing, speaks of resurrection. With seven horns and seven eyes—horns speak of power, full of power; eyes speak of discernment, full of wisdom. These are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Why? To overcome.
And no wonder, in this glorious chapter, you find the anthem rising up throughout the universe, starting with the angels—thousands of thousands and ten thousands of ten thousands—and they were praising Christ, the Redeemer.
They were answered by all the created things, and it ended up with “Amen” and worship.
Oh, dear brothers and sisters, if only we can see Christ as the Overcomer, that will bring us into a worshiping spirit.
Our heavenly Father, we pray that we may see Thy Son. Behold, the Lamb slain, standing.
Oh, we pray that we may see Christ as the Man, the Overcomer, in whom all Thy purpose is fulfilled, who alone is worthy to bring Thy purpose into full realization.
Oh, how we praise and thank Thee that we are, by grace, united with Him. His victory is our victory—not only objectively, but because He is our victory. His very life is ours. His very character is ours.
Oh, how we praise Thee that Thou hast been so gracious to us, that we may be a part of Him—of Him who is the overcoming One.
Oh, may all the praise and glory and the adoration of our hearts be unto God and unto the Lamb forever and ever.