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Before Jesus died on the cross, he taught his disciples to pray in Matthew 6:
νενικήκατε (nenikēkate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3528: To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.
The perfect indicative shows that it is finished as a matter of fact and they are daily enjoying the fruit of this successful overcoming.
John elaborates on this action of overcoming two chapters later in 1 John 4:
Paul expressed a similar idea in Col 1:
Positionally, I know that I have overcome the evil one in Christ. Still, practically, I want to humble myself before God daily. I ask the Father to deliver me from the evil one, knowing he will.
After the cross, John taught in 1 John 2:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
you have overcome14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
νενικήκατε (nenikēkate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3528: To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.
The perfect indicative shows that it is finished as a matter of fact and they are daily enjoying the fruit of this successful overcoming.
John elaborates on this action of overcoming two chapters later in 1 John 4:
After being born again, we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Paul expressed a similar idea in Col 1:
Since it is done, do we still need to pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one"?13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Positionally, I know that I have overcome the evil one in Christ. Still, practically, I want to humble myself before God daily. I ask the Father to deliver me from the evil one, knowing he will.