In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, where the battle is won.

Jesus is the pattern in the life of every single believer for every aspect of life.

In relationship to God, the Father, obedience. In relationship to others, love. In relationship

to things, he always used those to the glory of the Heavenly Father. Even in those battles in life

that he had to face, he is your pattern in mind and facing the conflicts in

battles in life. Now once in a while we say well Jesus is the pattern of anything

somebody says well but wasn't he God and didn't that make him an exception

no because not only was he God but he was also the God man.

That is Jesus Christ was God clothed in human sinless flesh,

which meant that he felt the same things we feel.

He hurt just like we hurt, and he felt the same things we feel. He hurt just like we hurt and he felt the

same kind of pain that we feel. And so when we think about him being a pattern,

the area in life that I want us to deal with in this message is the battles that Jesus fought and how he fought them and how he won them.

And the title of this message is where the battle is won. And I want us to go to the most crucial pivotal

point in Christ's life when it comes to battles and see how he won that crucial

battle, the most crucial of all, and it is found in the 26th chapter of

Matthew beginning in verse 36. So if you'll turn there and let's read that

beginning in the 36 verse and let me give you a little background of

what's happening. You recall that Jesus has been with his disciples in the

upper room and they've been experiencing the Passover and a number of things have gone on it's been a

very confusing time for the disciples not understanding exactly what was

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