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out material that should be included; others, that I have included matter that should
be left out. In any case, I have written from my own perspective with the objective,
hopefully, of helping some reader find a meaningful, victorious relationship with
Jesus.
In Brief
Victory connotes struggle. The word has no meaning apart from struggle. So this
book is about the Christian's struggle that leads to final victory.
The Christian warfare is not lightly, and must not be ignorantly, entered into. "What
king," asked Jesus, "going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first
and take counsel?" (Luke 14:31, R.S.V.).
In this book we shall be taking a candid look at our assets and liabilities, with
liabilities examined first. They may look large and discouraging. We shall also
consider what is required of us before we can really begin to gain victories. We may
consider this rather big, also.
Then we shall consider our allies, and shall discover that with them we cannot
possibly lose the war.
Following this, looking at methods and means by which victory is gained, we shall
discover great demands, but greater possibilities, and still greater potential conquests
that climax in the glorious and triumphant event described by the revelator:
And after this I beheld, and, 10, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues stood before the
throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and
cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb .... And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are
these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him,
Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in
his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
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