Called To Be Victorious

By Robert Harper

Believers have been "Called" into the position of Victory. We (I am a believer in Jesus Christ) cannot earn victory. It is our birthright! Far too many Christians struggle to attain victory when God has already given this victory to His children. This book is written so that the believer knows that we start from the position of victory; and that is in Jesus. This is our Justification. Our Victory is Christ-Centered. Our Victory is In Him. this victory is not in our denominations. It is not in our economics or our ethnicities. Plain, simple and true; our victory is in Jesus ALONE!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Harper
• Release date: Mar 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781615292141

Robert Harper

I am married, live in Cincinnati Ohio, have been in The Gospel Ministry for over 30 years, have pastored youth for 5 years, pastored a local congregation for 16yrs. I love to travel, teach, eat good food (I mean Goooood Food) love animals. I love to tackle challenges of all sorts. We (my wife & I) have two grown children that we like hanging out with. Learning to like yard work...sorta. Love God, His people and His Word.

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CALLED TO BE VICTORIOUS

Robert Harper

Copyright 2019 by Robert Harper

ISBN: 978-1-61529-214-1

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Acknowledgments

Having known Pastor Harper for over 25 years, I can without reservation say that his book CALLED TO BE VICTORIOUS is the very extension of his heart and ministry. Pastor Harper takes us through scripture to help understand that each of us has the power and authority, and if we have the willingness to follow Christ, we will Be Victorious in every aspect that God has called us to. It is without reservation that I recommend this book to every believer across denominational lines.

Dr. Don Allen, Jr PhD; Academic Dean/Instructor

Grace Church of the Valley

School of Ministry

My friend Robert Harper has written a book from the meaning of life, and especially life in Christ, for him. It has been a labor of love and sometimes the emphasis has been on the labor as he tried to call forth all that he felt on this subject! I feel his spirit in the pages and I am convinced that his readers will also. This accomplishment (after many birth pangs) is testimony to the fact that is indisputable to those who know him. He has written from his experience and his heart, because he has been called to be victorious and wishes that every true born believer would uncover that foundational truth for themselves!

James Mentlow, BTH

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church

Cincinnati, Ohio

Table of Contents

Foreword

Word from the Author

Preface

Called to be Victorious Introduction

CHAPTER ONE: Born into the Position of Victory

CHAPTER TWO: We Are Victorious When We See Jesus As Savior and Lord

CHAPTER THREE: We Are Victorious When We See Ourselves the Way God Sees Us

CHAPTER FOUR: We Are Victorious When We See Sin from God’s Viewpoint

CHAPTER FIVE: We Are Victorious When We Pray More

CHAPTER SIX: We Are Victorious When We Love One Another

CHAPTER SEVEN: We Are Victorious When We Wait on The Lord

CHAPTER EIGHT: We Are Victorious When We Repent

CHAPTER NINE: We Are Victorious When We See Jesus

CHAPTER TEN: We Are Victorious When We Know the Word of God

CHAPTER ELEVEN: We Are Victorious When We Are in Christ

Conclusion

Works Cited

About the Author

Foreword

The author, Rev. Robert W. Harper, is gripped by his conviction to view victory as a calling and not simply an achievement. This conviction is evident in the title of his opening chapter, Born into the Position of Victory. As Jeremiah was called to be a prophet before his birth, the author posits believers are born in the position of victory.

This book contains a message that moves the reader from when to then with the promise of the then of victory based upon the when of fulfillment. To illustrate the juxtaposed when and then conviction, Rev. Harper titles his third chapter, When We See Ourselves the Way God Sees Us. Vision is dominant in several chapters of this written account. The Holy Spirit stands in the shadows of this literary work opening the reader’s eyes through revelation enabling readers to see what could not be seen without divine assistance.

Although believers are victorious and more than conquerors, this victory is the result of divine-human instrumentality. The believer is in partnership with God who works through the believer to accomplish his purpose by giving the believer the will and the power to fulfill his divine purpose (Phil 2:12-13). This literary work explores this divine-human instrumentality from initiating the believer into the faith through salvation; instructing the believer about the faith through maturation and inspiring the believer to keep the faith through transformation.

Readers will find the work of Rev. Robert W. Harper to be a theological primer that contains intraitrinitarian presence—a focus on God the Trinity—who is the impetus and stimulus behind Christian living and serving. This work is the author’s inside voyage of sailing unchartered waters from victory to victory with sealed orders. This work is about calling—a call to be victorious and pulsates with the lyrics of the hymn A Charge to Keep I Have:

A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify,

Who have His son my soul to save, and fit it for the sky.

To serve this presently age, my calling to fulfill,

O may it all my pow’ers engage to do my Master’s will.

Robert Smith, Jr.

July 24, 2017

Word from the Author

Thank You sections can be very tricky. Somebody will be forgotten. So, before I get started, if I leave you out or forgot you, please forgive me.

I thank God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for the inspiration for this book. Thanks to Sheenah for all the typing and rewrites. Thanks to my wife and kids who had to put up with me and for all the years of fits and starts…I love ya’ll. To my Mom, the teacher with the red pen. I am glad God let you live to see this book completed. I pray that it blesses you. To all my friends; God preserve you blameless. He is able!

Thanks, Tracy, for all your pushing and unswerving friendship. Arnold, bless you for all your prayers. We are forever connected.

To my little sister Debbie; I praise God for you being so in-tune while being crazy. Thank you for your commitment to excellence and discussion in the spirit.

Thank you, Greater Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, for allowing me to practice the craft of teaching and Biblical Exegesis. Thank you, Mt. Zion Woodlawn, for helping me put feet to my faith. To First Baptist of Kennedy Heights, thank you for being God’s threshing instrument’ winnowing the chaff away from His precious grain. To New Mission; you know that you are my second home.

To Rev. Dr. Robert Smith, you must have been talking about another Harper. By the way have you seen my glasses? Our family has been enriched by you.

For the part you played be it great or small, God bless you one, God bless you all!

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