Who Wins


And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. Revelation 20:10a

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the Last the Beginning and the End. Revelation 22:13


The other night I was watching a television show with my husband. It's all about the conflict between good and evil. It's wildly imaginative and fun to watch. It's also quite a bit farfetched, even for its genre. At one point one of the main characters said to another, “Face it, darling, the villain always wins.”

I laughed at that, first because every fairy tale I've ever read, no matter how gory parts of it might be, has ended with, “they lived happily ever after.” Sure there's death and destruction in some of the original, darker tales but in the end, good always trounces evil. Tells me that somebody's reading their Bibles.

The other reason I laughed was because I know that is the world view in so many cases. No matter how hard we try, no matter how “good” we think we are, ultimately, nice guys finish last.

If you look around the world, there's plenty of evidence to back that up. Most of us don't even have to look very far. We see the cheaters, liars, hustlers and charmers getting away with the prizes. That's not fair! (Ooohh how I hate that expression!) But what prize are we talking about? Anything that is of this world will fade. For those of us who love the Lord, eternity should be our goal.

More bad news, we can't achieve happily ever after there either. Good news? Jesus did it for us. The “good” guy, the very best guy conquered sin and death. He achieved ultimate victory and in His gracious love, He's promised to share it with us.

The Bible is full of evidence that good triumphs over evil. The villain will fail. In the end, the Good Guy, our Savior will win and His people will live happily ever after.

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