A Champion

Matthew 26-28
Mark 14-16
Luke 22-24

Several English dictionaries make an attempt to define a champion in quite their own way.

But the English dictionary definition that stands out all the more vividly is the definition that alludes to a champion as one being ,"some one or some thing that has won a contest.

However according to the spirit of God Almighty, a champion is defined as the one who has overcome all things in Christ Jesus.

To be a champion you do not have to just overcome one thing but you need to overcome all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens thee.

To be a champion is not an event but rather it is a process that begins with betrayal.

And every one that has received Jesus as Lord and savior has also been made the son of God.

The son of God is the one that is a threat to the kingdom of darkness given the fact that he operates in truth , knowledge, and righteousness.

Hence the devil is an adversary to the son of God and the son of God is a threat to the devil.

And because of this the devil is constantly trying to destroy the son of God because the mere existence of the son of God upon the earth is a threat to the kingdom of darkness.

For this reason there is always a war going on constantly between the son of God and the kingdom of darkness.

However even as the war ensues, victory is already assured for the son of God because of what Jesus did for us in dying at the cross for our sins.

God will always allow us to go through war with the adversary so that we can be in a good place to experience, and appreciate our championship status in Christ Jesus.

The ultimate purpose of Jesus Christ was not only to die on the cross for our sins but it was also to go into the kingdom of darkness and take over its authority from the devil as well as the keys of the same.

And because the devil knew Jesus' purpose of going into the kingdom of darkness and taking over his authority, he began to engage him in a warfare that was unconventional.

And the strategy of the devil was to break the heart of Jesus so that by the time he reaches and shows up in the kingdom of darkness Jesus will be so weak to engage the devil and his army of demons in order to successfully take over the devil's authority.

By tactically breaking the heart of Jesus through the various forms of betrayals that Jesus endured the devil was able neutralize the strength and the threat of the son of God.

Consequently Jesus really died of a broken heart which emanated from the betrayal of those who were supposed to be his greatest cheerleaders in the course of his purpose.

When the devil neutralized the strength of the son of God by breaking his heart emotionally, socially, spiritually, and mentally, this castigated the son of God into the weakest place of his life ever.

However he was able to enter the gates of hell and defeat the devil and take up all the devil's authority by the grace of God.

This was so because when the devil made Jesus weak by breaking his heart through betrayal, the grace of God become much stronger in the son of God hence registering shame, and defeat against the devil.

The word sorry comes from the word sorrow.

In otherwards without sorrow there is no sorry.

People will only say sorry because they can hardly bear the sorrow in their heart as a result of their irresponsible actions.

Many people go on hurting others because they are hurting themselves with a hurt that can only be no more by the way of death.

And because death is not easily accessible they hence move out of their way to seek death by hurting others.

But the more they hurt others so as to stop their own hurt the more they end up more hurt, because hurting others does not take away your own hurt but it only aggravates it.

For the bible declares that,"the wages of sin is death" and since the pain , sorrow, and hurt in the heart of the one who has betrayed the son of God can only be ceased by death, then the betrayer of the son of God seeks death by following after sin.

However if the betrayer resists the temptation of sin so will he be given mercy by God in order to get over the sorrow that leads unto sin and consequently death.

Judas Iscariot, Simon peter, the crowd that demanded death unto Jesus, and the crowd that witnessed the suffering of Jesus were all responsible for betraying Jesus to a certain degree.

But the thing that pushed Judas Iscariot to commit suicide besides the experience of a sorrow and a grief that can only be solved by death was Judas Iscariot's inability to do the right thing amidst the temptation of sin.

On the other hand, Simon peter did not commit suicide nor sin even though he denied Jesus three times whose translation is symbolically tantamount to a betrayal that all the more broke the heart of Jesus.

All because simon peter understood right from wrong and he was hence able to resist sin/ suicide even though the experience that enshrouded, engulfed, and overtook him was an experience of much sorrow, grief, hurt, and pain calling unto sin and death.

The mercy of God always runs fast towards those that resist from evil and sin as much as betrayal.

The mercy of God equips us to look sin and death in the face and hence saying no to sin
and consequently overcoming death.

Jesus died of a broken heart and with a broken heart hecause of the several levels of betrayals that he experienced and encountered during the course of his life.

Betrayals that were all the more escalated towards the nearing of the fulfillment of his destiny and purpose as much as when he ws nearing his final resting place(at the right hand of the father)

Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, simon peter, the jews demanding after his death in the very place of a criminal, he was betrayed by pontius pilate who refused to do the right thing even after being warned by the wife who heard a dream indicating the innonence of Jesus.

He was betrayed by the witnesses of both his suffering and death, by the mockers at the hill of calvary who said,"He saved others but he himself he cant save."

By those who said, "Thou called yourself the son of God and trusted in God, lets see how God saves you now."

Jesus was further betrayed by the disappearance of his companions at the cross, betrayed by the mocking thief on the other side of the cross.

By the soldier who drove a javelin through his side, hence breaking the suck of his heart(inotherwards his heart).

The incidence of breaking the suck of his heart by the javelin driven through his side was instrumental to the degree that at that moment blood and water which is symbolic of grace and mercy began to flow out of his broken heart.

There is something to be said about the betraying of the son of God, and that is that every now and then the heart of the son of God is broken through betrayal, the blood of Jesus and the spirit of God begin to flow out of his heart as a sign that his overcoming is not physical but spiritual.

The overcoming of all things by the son of God is not self-centrist but its God-centrist.

The moment Jesus was betrayed and heart broke, the next destination of everyone who had played a role in his betrayal was a place where death is better than life.

The grief, sorrow, pain, misery residing inside the heart of the one who has betrayed the son of God can only be taken away by death especially once the betrayer refuses to repent to God-the giver of mercy.

When Jesus died his heart was broken and it was the devil's intent to break the heart of Jesus because he understood that Jesus was destined to go into the kingdom of darkness and fight to overcome the devil's authority.

Hence the devil used men to betray Jesus so that by the time he gets in the kingdom of darkness to confront the devil he would be so weak to overcome the kingdom of darkness.

The fight against the kingdom of darkness is through the word of God(the spiritual knowledge and understanding of God revealed unto us to overcome evil as embodied by Christ Jesus.

However the devil had to do everything he knew doing in order to break the heart of Jesus so that by the time of their fierce confrontation Jesus would be weak.

A heart broken man is a man whose physical and emotional feelings are riding high against his spiritual knowledge and understanding in God.

And when this happens the devil anticipates victory against man.

The devil anticipated victory against Jesus because he understood that he was heart broke and weak for the final battle of his destiny.

However what the devil did not understand was that in breaking the heart of Jesus he was only making him stronger and mightier as much as an impossible to overcome adversary.

This so because the breaking of Jesus' heart gave him-(Jesus) -access to the grace and mercy of God.

Mercy to forgive those who wronged him and the grace to fight and overcome the devil and the kingdom of darkness even at his weakest point in life.

Forgiveness was important for Jesus before the final battle because without forgiveness towards those who have wronged you then its impossible to engage the devil and overcome him.

Plus the vitality of the grace was the only means by which to overcome the kingdom of darkness with a broken heart/ at his weakest place in life.

Henceforth, its here and now that everyone that has ever been betrayed ought to give thanks unto God for the people who betrayed you because when they betrayed you, your heart was broken, and when they broke your heart they gave you an opportunity to access the grace and mercy of God which equips you to become a champion.

Its impossible to become a champion without the grace of God.

Its impossible to access the grace of God without a broken heart.

As much as its impossible to overcome all things without the grace of God.

The difference between a champion and a winner is in the fact that a champion overcomes all things in his way but a winner overcomes only one specific area in life.

In christ Jesus we have the opportunity to become champions just like we have the opportunity to become sons of God.

This is so because christ Jesus beared for us the nith degree of human betrayal and the highest form of heart break inorder to have access to the grace and mercy of God that makes us champions through Christ Jesus.

Jesus is the heir to the throne of grace because he bore the highest form of human betrayal and heart break.

But not only human betrayal and heart break but he also experienced the highest degree of walking through life being separated from God.

And this separation which is the highest experience of God-separation ever to be endured under the sun by a single individual was symbolized when Jesus cried out,"my father why have you forsaken me".


The level of separation from God the father that Jesus endured on the cross upon the hill of Calvary was incomparable to any other form of separation both in the spiritual and the physical world.

Consequently, many times than not those who betray you are only but setting you up to become a champion.

And every one who has betrayed the son of God(you) will never live a life above your feet but under your feet.

Its beneath your feet that they will endure in sorrow, pain, hurt, and misery until they receive the mercy of God that comes from their ability to resist sin.

Besides all champions operate above their adversaries.