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**Be Victorious – Colossians 2:15**And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.This is what God did in Jesus winning our salvation. In the battle of the cross Jesus spoiled authorities and powers. He stripped them, despoiled, disarmed and defeated the authorities and powers under Satan command.Paul says Jesus, is our great conquering hero and the cross was his greatest battle ground and ultimate triumph. At the cross he defeated death, hell and the all the power and authority that Satan has in this world. Jesus dying for us took death captive.When a Roman general would win a great victory he was given a Triumph. He would ride through the streets of Rome while people cheered and threw flowers upon him and his army as he rode. And in that triumphal parade, marching behind the conquering hero would also be the enemies he had conquered walking with their heads down and chained as slaves, now the property of the conqueror.“All of these principalities and powers, named and unnamed, known and unknown, presided over by Satan, all of them – sin and death and darkness and damnation and hell and decay and corruption – all of them, misery and tears and grief and age and suffering and pain and sorrow and death – all of them marshaled … against God; and on the cross, … that final war…the consummation of the strife of the ages, all on the day of the cross, on Calvary.Look at His chariot! There chained to His chariot is Satan and death and hell and the grave. Oh, it goes beyond imagination. It goes beyond word and sentence to bear the thought what God hath wrought for us in the victory of the cross. Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive**Be Triumphant In Christ**Do you know who else marched in the triumph of the conquering general, the soldiers of his army. They would share in the triumph because they had obeyed and followed their great hero.Marching With the King. There are powers in this world that I can’t defeat. There are enemies that I can’t overcome. When I think of the pandemic we have come through, when I think of those we lost, when I think about the regret, the guilt, the sense of loss I feel. I am overwhelmed and ready to admit defeat.But when I stop and consider Christ. When I think about my Lord, Jesus. When I think about what He did upon the cross. When I grasp the scope of the victory He won on Calvary’s mount. When I see the enemies, I can’t overcome, disarmed, defeated, and captured there on Golgotha hill, then I am overwhelmed not by defeat but by victory, the triumph I can claim through Jesus, Lord of Lord, King of Kings, the undisputed, undefeated, undeniable conquering Captain of the Lord’s Host.1 Corinthians 15:55-57 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? -- The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Hallelujah, What a Savior by Phillip P BlissMan of Sorrows! what a namefor the Son of God, who cameruined sinners to reclaim.Hallelujah! What a Savior!Bearing shame and scoffing rude,In my place condemned He stood;Sealed my pardon with His blood.Hallelujah! What a Savior!Guilty, vile, and helpless we;Spotless Lamb of God was He;“Full atonement!” can it be?Hallelujah! What a Savior!Lifted up was He to die;“It is finished!” was His cry;Now in Heav’n exalted high.Hallelujah! What a Savior!When He comes, our glorious King,All His ransomed home to bring,Then anew His song we’ll sing:Hallelujah! What a Savior!**Conclusion**Where do we stand today? Are we being held captive by this world’s false wisdom and empty lies or are we marching in the triumph train of Jesus Our Lord and King? Are we marching in the truth of God’s word or are we being defeated by Satan, the father of lies?Do you remember Moses last words to the children of Israel before he died? He said in Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life.It really is that simple, that acute. Life or death, victory or defeat. Christ Jesus Lord and the cross of forgiveness or Satan and the corruption of his world. Life or death, so choose life. Choose Christ.