Me? Overcome What? - Jack R Elliott - April 1982

Jack R Elliott

Exactly what must we overcome to qualify for God's Kingdom? Let's face this question! God promises, "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son" (Rev. 21:7). But exactly what are we to overcome? We need to know - our eternal future in God's Family is at stake! The word overcome, according to Webster's dictionary, means "to conquer, to overpower or overwhelm, to render helpless." What are we to conquer or render helpless? Many of us have been taught, and correctly so, that our "old man" or the "old self' is to be destroyed (Rom. 6:6). Believing this "old man" to be our human nature, we have struggled for years to overcome our own nature, only to find that it is still with us. As a result we feel a deep sense of failure and discouragement. Is this what God meant? Are we put here on earth to overcome ourselves? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library