For whosoever has been born of God overcomes the world.
And this is the victory that overcomes the world – our faith. Who is this that
overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the son of God. – 1 John
5:4-5.
‘Whosoever’ at the beginning of this
verse shows that God is no respecter of anyone, that whosoever is willing to
associate with God, that only person, not on behalf of anyone, be it family or friends is considered. He
believes that Jesus is the Messiah and the son of God by nature and office. He
has the love of God – John 4:19 would be free from Satan – John 5:18 and sin –
John 3:9 and would possess the power to overcome the world – John 5:14.
He perceives that the Lord
Jesus conquered the world, not for himself only, but for His followers and they
must be partakers of His victory. ‘Be of good cheer, I have overcome the
World’. He sees a Saviour ‘who gave himself for sins, that he might deliver us
from this present world’ – Gal 1:4
He is possessed with a
spirit and deposition that cannot be satisfied with this world, that looked
beyond it and still tending, striving and pressing towards the world in Heaven.
He knows that the Saviour
was not this world and His kingdom was not and is not, must be separated from
the world and gathered out of it for Heaven and for God.
The person involved would
be described by his faith and the dignity of his descent.
This condition of sonship
– John 3:1-3 and association is the authority over Satan and the world.
Our Faith – This principle of faith
and the new nature that it springs from are ingenerated by the spirit of
God. It seems but natural that he who
loves the father should also love the children and love Jesus and the only
begotten son of God. The aspect of faith is act of salvation – Acts 4:12, which
is the ability to do what we are told and believe, it is an attitude of
‘Nothing impossible’ with God, The believe in God gives you the power that
overcomes the world.
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