Today is all about 1 John 5! This is what we are reading in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan and one of my favorite books! Some of my very favorite verses are found in 1 John 5! Verses 1, 4-5, 10-12, 13, and 14-15:
1 Everyone who believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring).
4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?
10 He who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] has the testimony [possesses this divine attestation] within himself. He who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed (put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on) the evidence (the testimony) that God has borne regarding His Son. 11 And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.
13 I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God [in the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men], so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, yes, eternal life.
14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. 15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.
EVERYONE who believes (adheres to, trusts and relies on) Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah, the Savior of the world) IS a born again child of God! What GREAT good news! AMEN! When we are born again, we receive the very life and nature of Almighty God into our new creation spirits (2 Corinthians 5:17), ETERNAL LIFE! We find, with 'settled and absolute knowledge' that we HAVE eternal LIFE from these verses! AS if that would not be enough to be extremely excited and joyful over, we find out that if we find out that the only thing we must do to get God to answer our prayers is to get Him to LISTEN to them! We find that He only listens to those things that are in agreement with His own WILL. His Word IS His WILL, so when we pray His Word, HE HEARS! AND, He ANSWERS!!! I hope you gained a new appreciation for 1 John 5 today! And there is SO much more to find in every book of the Bible! DIG IN! You will never regret that decision! Here is Hillsong Worship with "In God We Trust":
Shalom in Him!
