“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.” 1 John 4:14 NIV
When John writes, “We have seen and testify”, it takes us back to the beginning of his letter: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life – and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us – what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. John and the other apostles reported to us their eyewitness testimony about Jesus Christ. The gospel is rooted in verifiable history – the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Jesus did not become the Son of God in the incarnation. He is the eternal Son of God and He came to this earth because the Father sent Him to come and die to save us from our sins. It is vital to affirm that the Christian faith does not rest on the philosophic speculations of some creative religious thinkers. It does not rest on inner, personal impressions or mystical visions. Our faith is based on the fact that God really exists and He has revealed Himself to us in His Son. It is false to say that one view is just as true as another. It is false to say that Christian faith is simply a blind leap in the dark. Christian faith rests upon the historic, apostolic witness to the person of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord Jesus, You are truly the only begotten Son of God.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that our faith in You is not just a blind leap in the dark, but it rests upon the historic, apostolic witness that You are the Christ. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Nahum 3:1-13
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