“This is the One who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.” 1 John 5:6 NIV
John has been addressing throughout this letter the debate concerning the human/divine nature of Christ, how to discern the spirit of the Antichrist and what is required for salvation of one who accepts the premise of what God has done in and through Jesus Christ. The Bible is a book which presents many doctrines, but the main premise of the Bible is that God would send His Son into the world to redeem humanity. It would be a work of God alone, and it would be a work which testifies to the truth that God loves His creatures enough to unite with His own creation to accomplish His work of redemption. We are to accept – without equivocation – that Jesus Christ is fully man, and yet He is fully God. To deny either of these tenets is to deny God His rightful glory for what He has done. Further it is an abuse of the very Word which tells us of Jesus Christ. No person can be saved who denies the fundamental truth that Jesus Christ is the God/Man because they have denied the very Word which speaks out this truth. To deny the Word is to deny the truth of God who gave us His word. We are called to have faith in what God has done through Christ Jesus to set us free from power of sin and death, giving us life in all its fullness; to be saved once and forever through His precious shed blood.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Almighty God, we thank You for Your redemptive work in Jesus Christ.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth, we praise and thank You for Your redemptive work in Jesus Christ, Your only begotten Son, our Saviour and Lord. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Deuteronomy 25:1-10
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