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  IN THE NAME OF THE LORD I WILL DESTROY THEM
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: As Christians, we must assert Jesus' rights over our lives,
overcoming our spiritual enemies through God's strength and courage in
faith.

Topics: "Victory in Christ", "Overcoming Sin"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 6:19

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes that Jesus' sacrifice grants Him the right to
reign over our entire being--spirit, soul, and body. He urges believers
to assert Christ's lordship by conquering the remaining unblessed parts
of themselves and to engage in a righteous battle against sin, which has
no claim over them. Spurgeon encourages Christians to be courageous,
reminding them that victory over spiritual enemies is achievable not
through their own strength, but through the power of Christ's blood. He
reassures that God will provide the strength needed to overcome these
challenges, leading to ultimate victory and praise.

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Our Lord Jesus, by His death, did not purchase a right to a part of us
only, but to the entire man. He contemplated in His passion the
sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and body; that in this triple
kingdom He Himself might reign supreme without a rival. It is the
business of the newborn nature which God has given to the regenerate to
assert the rights of the Lord Jesus Christ. My soul, so far as thou art
a child of God, thou must conquer all the rest of thyself which yet
remains unblest; thou must subdue all thy powers and passions to the
silver sceptre of Jesus' gracious reign, and thou must never be
satisfied till He who is King by purchase becomes also King by gracious
coronation, and reigns in thee supreme.

Seeing, then, that sin has no right to any part of us, we go about a
good and lawful warfare when we seek, in the name of God, to drive it
out. O my body, thou art a member of Christ: shall I tolerate thy
subjection to the prince of darkness? O my soul, Christ has suffered for
thy sins, and redeemed thee with His most precious blood: shall I suffer
thy memory to become a storehouse of evil, or thy passions to be
firebrands of iniquity? Shall I surrender my judgment to be perverted by
error, or my will to be led in fetters of iniquity? No, my soul, thou
art Christ's, and sin hath no right to thee.

Be courageous concerning this, O Christian! be not dispirited, as though
your spiritual enemies could never be destroyed.

You are able to overcome them--not in your own strength--the weakest of
them would be too much for you in that; but you can and shall overcome
them through the blood of the Lamb. Do not ask, "How shall I dispossess
them, for they are greater and mightier than I?" but go to the strong
for strength, wait humbly upon God, and the mighty God of Jacob will
surely come to the rescue, and you shall sing of victory through His
grace.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ch-spurgeon/in-the-name-of-the-lord-i-will-destroy-them/
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