1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Oh my blessed Friends in Christ Jesus, truer words were never spoken! ‘For whatsoever (whoever) is born of God overcometh the world.’ What a powerful statement too! Please write that deep in your hearts and souls. It’s a truth that will stand us in very good stead, one that we desperately need to be assured of and believe when we face Lucifer and his evil cohorts. And why is that? Jesus explains it. ‘These things have I spoken unto you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.’ (John 16:33) Yes my people, as we said recently, the only way to find peace in this war-faring world is through Jesus. ‘For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.’ (Eph.2:14) That’s why it’s so important to be connected to Jesus my Friends, for as He emphatically spelled out to Thomas: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’ (John 14:6) As we can see Friends, Jesus is everything to us. He gives us peace because He has broken down the walls of enmity between Jews and Gentiles. And though we’ll have tribulation in this world, He quiets our fear by saying not to worry; in fact, ‘be of good cheer,’ because He’s already overcome the world and will give His followers the strength, wisdom and guidance to do the same. Bruh Paul echoes those very sentiments: ‘Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But the evil men and seducers, (imposters) shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.’ (2 Tim.3:12-13) But he’s already laid down the antidote for that to the Romans, in one of his powerful monologues. ‘Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that LOVED us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the LOVE of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.’ (Rom. 8:37-39) And all God’s people said, ‘Amen!’ Yes my brethren, once we’ve come under that protective umbrella of God’s LOVE, nothing, no nothing whatsoever can separate us from it. The end result being my people; ‘and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.’ Jesus overcame the world through His sacrificial death, resurrection and ascension, leaving us a vehicle, His Church, His way of life, to solidify that victory in this evil, greedy, violence prone world. All who repent and believe on His name and obey His rules are assured victory through salvation and eternal life. John attests to that in two passages in this epistle. The first says; ‘Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: (the spirit of the antichrist) because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.’ (1 John 4:4) Yes my Friends, that’s another veritable truth we need to learn and securely hold on to; He that’s in us, the Spirit of Jesus, is assuredly stronger than the devil that’s in the cruel, evil world. And the next passage is; ‘I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.’ (1 John 2:13-14) Sing ‘Hallelujah!’ my people. For through the LOVE of God and the sacrifice of Christ’s life, we’re enabled to pursue and establish victory over death and damnation. So my Friends, it’s obvious that the only way to overcome this wicked, sinful, evil, godless world, is to be born of God, of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, through repentance and baptism, which leads to the victory of salvation and everlasting life. And it’s only fitting that we close with a strong warning from John. ‘LOVE not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man LOVE the world, the LOVE of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.’ (1 John 2:15-17) I can’t say it any better my Friends. I can only encourage us to trust in Jesus, to surrender our lives to Him, and walk steadfastly in His ways, cause that is the only way to pursue certain victory over the world and its wickedness. Much LOVE!…oh, to walk faithfully with Jesus…is my heart’s greatest desire…
Oh my blessed Friends in Christ Jesus, truer words were never spoken! ‘For whatsoever (whoever) is born of God overcometh the world.’ What a powerful statement too! Please write that deep in your hearts and souls. It’s a truth that will stand us in very good stead, one that we desperately need to be assured of and believe when we face Lucifer and his evil cohorts. And why is that? Jesus explains it. ‘These things have I spoken unto you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.’ (John 16:33) Yes my people, as we said recently, the only way to find peace in this war-faring world is through Jesus. ‘For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.’ (Eph.2:14) That’s why it’s so important to be connected to Jesus my Friends, for as He emphatically spelled out to Thomas: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’ (John 14:6) As we can see Friends, Jesus is everything to us. He gives us peace because He has broken down the walls of enmity between Jews and Gentiles. And though we’ll have tribulation in this world, He quiets our fear by saying not to worry; in fact, ‘be of good cheer,’ because He’s already overcome the world and will give His followers the strength, wisdom and guidance to do the same. Bruh Paul echoes those very sentiments: ‘Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But the evil men and seducers, (imposters) shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.’ (2 Tim.3:12-13) But he’s already laid down the antidote for that to the Romans, in one of his powerful monologues. ‘Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that LOVED us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the LOVE of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.’ (Rom. 8:37-39) And all God’s people said, ‘Amen!’ Yes my brethren, once we’ve come under that protective umbrella of God’s LOVE, nothing, no nothing whatsoever can separate us from it. The end result being my people; ‘and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.’ Jesus overcame the world through His sacrificial death, resurrection and ascension, leaving us a vehicle, His Church, His way of life, to solidify that victory in this evil, greedy, violence prone world. All who repent and believe on His name and obey His rules are assured victory through salvation and eternal life. John attests to that in two passages in this epistle. The first says; ‘Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: (the spirit of the antichrist) because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.’ (1 John 4:4) Yes my Friends, that’s another veritable truth we need to learn and securely hold on to; He that’s in us, the Spirit of Jesus, is assuredly stronger than the devil that’s in the cruel, evil world. And the next passage is; ‘I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.’ (1 John 2:13-14) Sing ‘Hallelujah!’ my people. For through the LOVE of God and the sacrifice of Christ’s life, we’re enabled to pursue and establish victory over death and damnation. So my Friends, it’s obvious that the only way to overcome this wicked, sinful, evil, godless world, is to be born of God, of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, through repentance and baptism, which leads to the victory of salvation and everlasting life. And it’s only fitting that we close with a strong warning from John. ‘LOVE not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man LOVE the world, the LOVE of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.’ (1 John 2:15-17) I can’t say it any better my Friends. I can only encourage us to trust in Jesus, to surrender our lives to Him, and walk steadfastly in His ways, cause that is the only way to pursue certain victory over the world and its wickedness. Much LOVE!…oh, to walk faithfully with Jesus…is my heart’s greatest desire…
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