We Shall Overcome

1John 5:5 "Who is he that overcometh the world,but he that believeth that Jesus is the son of God?"

In the world,"those who achieve are those who receive." In the Christian faith, the phrase is "those who believe are those who receive."Those who try to pull themselves up to God by their own bootstraps find that they have no boots. We are born into the Kingdom by faith.Not only that,faith is also the means of growing and overcoming. When we come to our heavenly Father,all he asks is that we take him at his word.God has ordained that all of us enjoy spiritual realities through faith,simply believing and trusting in God.Those who truly believe that Jesus is the promised delieverer,will experience a spiritual rebirth,for you must be born again.Also, those who truly believe that Jesus is God's Son are those who conquer the magnetic pull of the world.

We are witness for the Son.John calls for the witness of heaven and earth to verify the reality of Jesus' mission of redemption.Using the accepted principle that two or three witnesses are needed to establish truth,he proceeds to support his case.Our power comes from our faith in God's only begotten Son,Jesus Christ.Imagine an irrigation pipe leading from a spring to a barren field.On it's own the pipe can do nothing to bring life to the field,It needs to tap the source of life which is the spring.Once it taps into the spring, then the pipe can become a powerful tool for feeding the land and bringing new life.Christians are like that irrigation pipe.Our faith opens the door of God's power to work through us to channel His saving power to the world, like the pure spring water nurishing a desert.There is one important difference,however.In time the pipe will rust through and become useless.Faithful Christians,on the other hand,can grow stronger in their ability to withstand corruption and can remain strong through faith in Christ.

 We need the power of our faith in Christ, working daily in our lives so we can defeat sinful influences and overcome the decifulness of this world.If we place our confidence in anything other than Christ to overcome sin,we will be disappointed, for only He has defeated sin and offers the power we need to gain freedom from sin and escape the threat of sinful influences.It is in Him and through Him that we shall overcome.