1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Those who believe and those who don't believe- two categories exist. The believers and unbelievers.
Among the unbelievers are those who are not TRUE believers. I make that distinction because a lot of people will make the claim that they believe and yet our Savior will tell them He never knew them.
Remember these verses-
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
They are saying to our Savior- didn't they do many things in HIS name? And the 'they' are MANY. How does our Lord respond? By saying-
I NEVER knew you.
Depart from me- you who work iniquity.
Yet these people BELIEVE that they are believing. Obviously they believe their actions of belief, their show of being God's is what should be recognized as their belief.
We have NO right to EVER say to our LORD, look what we've done, NO RIGHT! All we can do is fall at HIS feet and beg for forgiveness for all we've neglected to do.
We have to be TRUE believers, not DECEIVED believers.
If we have the SON we have LIFE.
Having the Son as we've learned means believing, it means having faith, it means living with God in us as we KNOW God. And we know Him by loving Him and others and keeping His words of pure LOVE- His commandments. By this we KNOW we have the Son. We fool ourselves if we do NOT love others, if we do NOT love the words, the commandments of God, if we do not LIVE our LOVE for God. We are honestly deceiving ourselves, allowing ourselves to be deceived when we claim to love and yet live as if we don't even know God or what He desires of us. We must trust fully in our God, fully. We have to believe in the UNDESERVED righteousness that our Savior IS for us!
1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
He that hath the Son hath life.
He that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things are written unto us who believe on the name of the Son of God- and we may KNOW that we have eternal life, and that we might believe on the name of the Son of God.
Know-believe- all in the Son of God, all in our Savior Jesus Christ our Lord!
Believe solely in HIM, not in ourselves at all. Seriously. If we place our belief of salvation in ourselves we'll join the ranks of those who are not true believers in our ONE and ONLY SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. We MUST believe fully in our God, our Savior. We must know that we have to surrender to HIM all we are!
Some might believe that to surrender all of themselves is to give up who they are, but in truth we have NOTHING to offer towards our salvation and the mistake we make so foolishly is to believe we do. And what do we live for if not for salvation in our Savior? If we are living for any other reason again we are living to self. In all we are and all that is ours, all that we possess, all that we make our lives our Savior MUST be first in ALL of that, not just part of it, not just the bits and pieces we choose to believe that should be Christ's. All we are should be HIS.
BY HIS GRACE!
BY HIS LOVE!
1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Those who believe and those who don't believe- two categories exist. The believers and unbelievers.
Among the unbelievers are those who are not TRUE believers. I make that distinction because a lot of people will make the claim that they believe and yet our Savior will tell them He never knew them.
Remember these verses-
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
They are saying to our Savior- didn't they do many things in HIS name? And the 'they' are MANY. How does our Lord respond? By saying-
I NEVER knew you.
Depart from me- you who work iniquity.
Yet these people BELIEVE that they are believing. Obviously they believe their actions of belief, their show of being God's is what should be recognized as their belief.
We have NO right to EVER say to our LORD, look what we've done, NO RIGHT! All we can do is fall at HIS feet and beg for forgiveness for all we've neglected to do.
We have to be TRUE believers, not DECEIVED believers.
If we have the SON we have LIFE.
Having the Son as we've learned means believing, it means having faith, it means living with God in us as we KNOW God. And we know Him by loving Him and others and keeping His words of pure LOVE- His commandments. By this we KNOW we have the Son. We fool ourselves if we do NOT love others, if we do NOT love the words, the commandments of God, if we do not LIVE our LOVE for God. We are honestly deceiving ourselves, allowing ourselves to be deceived when we claim to love and yet live as if we don't even know God or what He desires of us. We must trust fully in our God, fully. We have to believe in the UNDESERVED righteousness that our Savior IS for us!
1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
He that hath the Son hath life.
He that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things are written unto us who believe on the name of the Son of God- and we may KNOW that we have eternal life, and that we might believe on the name of the Son of God.
Know-believe- all in the Son of God, all in our Savior Jesus Christ our Lord!
Believe solely in HIM, not in ourselves at all. Seriously. If we place our belief of salvation in ourselves we'll join the ranks of those who are not true believers in our ONE and ONLY SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. We MUST believe fully in our God, our Savior. We must know that we have to surrender to HIM all we are!
Some might believe that to surrender all of themselves is to give up who they are, but in truth we have NOTHING to offer towards our salvation and the mistake we make so foolishly is to believe we do. And what do we live for if not for salvation in our Savior? If we are living for any other reason again we are living to self. In all we are and all that is ours, all that we possess, all that we make our lives our Savior MUST be first in ALL of that, not just part of it, not just the bits and pieces we choose to believe that should be Christ's. All we are should be HIS.
BY HIS GRACE!
BY HIS LOVE!
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