“Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” 1 John 5:5 NIV
John is once again revealing that which is true and that which is false. This calls out for proper understanding because to believe otherwise is the spirit of the Antichrist. There are those who claim that Jesus is the Christ, but they do not believe He is God incarnate. There are those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, but they do not accept that He is then fully God. One must take the words of John on a much more global scale to fully understand what he is referring to. There are many who might appear to pass the test of one who overcomes the world, but such is not the case. Through evaluating the entire scope of what John is referring to, we find that such heretics do not pass the test and have not overcome the world. As John asks, “Who is he who overcomes the world…?” It is the person “who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” This is the person who overcomes. But he only does so if he believes that the Son of God (Jesus) is the Christ. And further, he only does so if he confesses that Jesus Christ has also come in the flesh. One can believe in a “Christ” who is not the Christ (see 2 Corinthians 11:4, for example). It is the one believing in the proper Christ, who is the Son of God. In their belief, they are overcoming the world. For those who believe in the wrong “Christ,” they are not overcoming anything. They are still in their sins, and they belong to this world.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord Jesus Christ, I believe that You are the only Begotten Son of God.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord Jesus, I declare to heaven and earth that You are the Christ, the only begotten Son of God, through whom in whom I overcome in this world. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Matthew 10:28-31
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