They Overcame Him

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Revelation 12:11)

Before you were saved, you were a slave to sin. That meant you were destined to live a life filled with shame and spiritual blindness. But when you accepted Jesus, His blood redeemed you from captivity, nullified the devil’s legal rights, and marked you as God’s own possession. The word John used when writing in Revelation 12 for "overcame," is nikaō in Greek, which means to conquer, to prevail, or to completely subdue. If you are saved, you are not called to barely get by. You were made to walk in total victory. You’re not trying to overcome; victory was already secured before you even entered the fight. When you said yes to Jesus, every chain that held you broke. You didn’t earn your freedom; you inherited it through Jesus’ sacrifice. In Greek, the phrase “having done all” literally means “having overcome all.” That indicates past tense, meaning it is already accomplished.

When you embrace that truth, your fight shifts from figuring out how to win to walking out what has already been secured. Now, your testimony isn’t just a story; it’s a sword. When you start sharing what God has done in your life, you silence the authority of the accuser.The word testimony in Greek means “evidence given,” meaning every healing, every deliverance, and every answered prayer is proof that Jesus still wins. When you declare your testimony to others, you give them hope that they can have the same story. If we stay silent out of fear of how people will judge us or whether we’ll be accepted, we let the accuser win. That’s why the last part of this verse is so powerful: “They loved not their lives even unto death.” It means they valued obedience to what the Holy Spirit spoke to them over their own comfort. It’s not that they had a death wish; it’s that they lived a surrendered life. The early church didn’t fear persecution because they’d already died to their flesh and were living in Christ.

Practical Application

When you have fully surrendered, the enemy has no more power to threaten you. You prevail because your life belongs entirely to the One who defeated the grave.

Acts 20:24; 2 Corinthians 10:3