The Champions Creed
BECOMING A CHAMPION FOR CHRIST
INTRODUCTION
God has given all believers ability to become
champions
 Believers can rule over all things
 Nothing should be too difficult or impossible for
us
 When we depend on God we can live a life
without limitations
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REFERENCES
Luke 18:27 But He said, “The things which are
impossible with men are possible with God.”
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me, or;
“I am ready for anything through the strength of
Him who makes me strong.”
1 Tim. 1:12 I thank Him who has made me equal
to the task, Christ Jesus our Lord
TEN COMPONENTS OF “THE CHAMPION’S CREED
I can Believe;
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please
Him, for he who comes to God must believe that
He is and that He is a rewarder of those who
diligently seek Him.
 Mar 9:23 Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all
things are possible to him who believes.
 Mar 9:24 And immediately the father of the child
cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe. Help
my unbelief.
1.
I BELIEVE
God has made me equal to the task He gave
me
 God will turn my impossibilities and turn them
into possibilities
 I am more than a conqueror through Christ –
Rom. 8:37
 To be a champion for Christ you must believe or
have faith
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REFERENCE
Eph 1:19 and what is the surpassing
greatness of His power toward us, the ones
believing according to the working of His
mighty strength
 Eph 1:20 which He worked in Christ in raising
Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His
right hand in the heavenlies,
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2. I CAN CHANGE
In order to go on to be the great champion God
has ordained you to be, you must be willing to go
through the changes of being conformed into the
image of Jesus Christ
 Our life in Christ consists of yielding ourselves to
His transforming grace.
 2Co 3:18 But we all, with our face having been
unveiled, having beheld the glory of the Lord as in
a mirror, are being changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the Lord Spirit.
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PUT ON NEW MAN
This means putting on the new man, who is
created after Jesus Christ and putting off the
works of the flesh which are a part of our old sinful
nature.
Eph 4:22 For you ought to put off the old man
(according to your way of living before) who is
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be
renewed in the spirit of your mind. 24 And you
should put on the new man, who according to God
was created in righteousness and true holiness.
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3. I CAN BE LOVED BY GOD AND LOVE OTHERS
One of the key ingredients in becoming a
champion for Christ is that of being able to fully
receive His love into our lives.
 This is what gives us the freedom and liberty to
grow and mature and be blessing to others.
 Rom 5:5 And hope does not make us
ashamed, because the love of God has been
poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit
given to us.
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REFERENCES
Joh 13:34 I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another. As I have loved you,
you should also love one another. 35 By this all
shall know that you are My disciples, if you
have love toward one another.
 1Jo 3:16 By this we have known the love of
God, because He laid down His life for us. And
we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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4. I CAN FORGIVE AND BE FORGIVEN
1Jo 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
Eph 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has
forgiven you.
Luk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves. If your brother
trespasses against you, rebuke him. And if he repents,
forgive him. 4 And if he trespasses against you seven
times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to
you, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.
5. I CAN RULE MY THOUGHT LIFE
2Co 10:3 For though walking about in flesh, we
do not war according to flesh.
 2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are
not fleshly, but mighty through God to the
pulling down of strongholds,
 2Co 10:5 pulling down imaginations and every
high thing that exalts itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought into the obedience of Christ;
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CENTERING YOUR THOUGHTS
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Phi 4:7 And the peace of God which passes all
understanding shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, my
brothers, whatever things are true, whatever
things are honest, whatever things are right,
whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report; if
there is any virtue and if there is any praise,
think on these things.
6. I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Sent to be salt and light to the world
 As we learn to do those things that glorify God we
can make a difference in the world
 Have been given this generation to serve the
purposes of God
 Est 4:14 For if you are completely silent at this
time, relief and deliverance shall arise to the Jews
from another place, but you and your father's
house shall be destroyed. And who knows whether
you have come to the kingdom for a time like this?
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REFERENCES
Act 13:36 For after he had served his own
generation by the will of God, David fell asleep and
was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
 Phi 2:15 so that you may be blameless and
harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the
midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among
these you shine as lights in the world,
 Phi 2:16 holding forth the Word of Life, so that I
may rejoice with you in the day of Christ, that I
have not run in vain nor labored in vain.
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7. I CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS
Joh 14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who
believes on Me, the works that I do he shall do
also, and greater works than these he shall do,
because I go to My Father.
8. I can stand in the midst of Adverse
circumstances.
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REFERENCES
Eph 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this
age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
 Eph 6:13 Therefore take to yourselves the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in
the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
 Eph 6:14 Therefore stand, having your loins
girded about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness
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REFERENCES
2Sa 23:11 And next was Shammah the son of
Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were
gathered together into a troop, where there
was a piece of ground full of lentils. And the
people fled from the Philistines.
 2Sa 23:12 But he stood in the middle of the
ground and delivered it, and killed the
Philistines. And Jehovah worked a great victory.
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9. I CAN DEFEAT THE ENEMY
1Jo 4:4 You are of God, little children, and you
have overcome them, because He who is in you
is greater than he who is in the world.
 Luk 10:19 Behold, I give to you authority to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all
the authority of the enemy. And nothing shall by
any means hurt you.
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10. I CAN BE A FINISHER
2Ti 4:6 For I am already being poured out, and
the time of my release is here.
 2Ti 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have
finished the course, I have kept the faith.
Conc. God’s desire toward us is that we all
become Champions for Christ.
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