Battling From Victory
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★PRO WRESTLING is staged. Before the wrestlers ever go out, it has been predetermined who will win. The contenders go through the battle for entertainment purposes but the point of the battle is not to decide who will win but to give the crowd a show. The winner of the match does not battle for victory but from victory. He battles knowing that he’s already won. Those who come to Jesus Christ have already won. God allows us to go through our Christian walk, not to win the victory but to show off to the world that He that is in us is greater than He that is in the world.
The point
In pro wrestling, victory is predetermined before the battle; believers have already won in Christ and battle to demonstrate God's power, not to achieve victory.
Scripture
1 John 4:4Romans 8:37
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Triumphant
To tell aloud
under a minute · 111 words