Jesus Already Won—So Why Is There Still a Battle? | Get In the Game Teaching Series | Ep. 6

Jesus defeated the powers of darkness at the cross.

So why is there still a battle?

The answer reveals something essential about the Kingdom of God: Christ's victory is finished, but that finished victory is still being worked out in the real world through His people.

In this episode of the Get In the Game teaching series, Steve Pixler explores the relationship between the cross, the ascension of Jesus, the Great Commission, the present reign of Christ, and the ultimate defeat of every enemy of God's Kingdom.

Jesus declared that all authority in heaven and earth had been given to Him. But rather than immediately ending history, He commissioned His followers to go into the world and disciple the nations.

Why?

Because the victory Jesus won must now be actualized in human lives, cultures, and nations.

As people transfer their allegiance from darkness to Christ, the powers lose their influence. People change. Cultures change. Cities change. Nations change. And the Kingdom of God advances—not through coercion or domination, but through truth, love, the gospel, and the transforming presence of the Holy Spirit.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why Jesus' finished victory is still being worked out in history
• What it means to disciple the nations
• Why Christ's Kingdom advances through influence rather than domination
• How the Great Commission participates in Christ's victory over the powers
• Why time is an essential part of God's process
• What Paul means when he says Christ must reign until every enemy is under His feet
• Why death is identified as the last enemy
• What that sequence means for the Second Coming
• Why Jesus remains at the Father's right hand
• How the ascension multiplied the presence of Jesus throughout the earth
• Why Jesus said His followers would do greater works after He went to the Father
• How conversion dethrones the spiritual powers behind human systems
• Why the Kingdom advances through love rather than political or military conquest
• What it means for Jesus to rule now, not merely in the age to come
• How the church participates in filling all things with the glory of God

The Second Coming is real. But Scripture does not ask us to postpone the victory of Jesus until He returns.

Jesus reigns now.

His Kingdom is advancing now.

And through His Spirit-filled people, His victory is being worked out in the real world right now.

That's why we cannot leave the field.

We have to get in the game.

SCRIPTURES

Matthew 28:18–20
Colossians 1:13
Psalm 110:1
1 Corinthians 15:24–26
Hebrews 10:12–13
Colossians 2:15
Daniel 7:13–14
Ephesians 1:20–23
Ephesians 2:6
John 16:7–11
Ephesians 2:22
John 14:12
Acts 3:21, 24
Luke 17:21
Romans 14:17
2 Corinthians 6:2
Matthew 13:33
Ephesians 4:10
Genesis 1:28
Revelation 1:4–6
Matthew 6:10 

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