March 18, 2016 on 03-19-16
I John 5:5... Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God...
What does it mean to believe? To have faith in the Lord is to believe that he is who he says he is and will do what he says he will do. But, this cannot just be a feeling. It must be accompanied by an action. Hebrews 11 is called the faith chapter. In it we find examples of those who believed in God, they took God at his word. We know they believed because every example is accompanied by an action... By faith Able offered, By faith Enoch.. pleased, By faith Noah... built, By faith Abraham obeyed and went, By faith Isaac blessed, By faith Jacob... blessed, By faith Joseph... spoke, By faith Moses' parents hid, By faith Moses refused, By faith the Israelites passed through, By faith the Israelites walked, By faith Rahab welcomed; then many others names are mentioned of those who believed God.
If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, it will be accompanied by an action. When God asks something of us, we will follow through and do it. When we read in the Bible that following him pays, and it does, then we will follow through on his commands found there. Grace begets belief, belief begets love, love begets obedience, obedience begets reward and reward is the overcoming of the world and sin.
A and K, when you find yourself having problems overcoming a sin or find yourself hugging the ways and pleasures of the world, go back to the beginning and live in the grace of the Lord. Desire him, for the more you draw close to God and his Word the more he will draw close to you (James 4:8). Then, you will find that you will love him and obey him and will live a life free from the draw of the world. Then you can say, "I believe in Jesus, the Son of the Living God!"
~Dad
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