Uniquely Equipped

 

“…for everyone born of God overcomes the world.”

—1 John 5:4

We celebrate “overcomers”: people who overcome addictive behavior, people who overcome disadvantageous up-bringings, people who overcome early defeat, people who overcome opposition, people who overcome… well, you get the idea.

But, what if there was a group of people who had been uniquely equipped by none other than God to overcome... the sinful power of this world!

Please take note of what the Apostle John writes in 1 John 5:1-5:

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.

This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

So, we who believe in Jesus have received the gift of His life-transforming power. This power enables us to overcome the world.

Now that’s really good news.

 

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