Faith Overcomes
March 12, 2025
1 John 5:4 Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcomes the world but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Faith is the key to victory; it serves as the means and the spiritual armor that enables us to overcome challenges. Through faith, we cleave to Christ, in contempt of and in opposition to the world. Faith purifies the heart, freeing it from the worldly desires that can gain control over our souls. It has the indwelling Spirit of grace, greater than he who dwells in the world.
The true Christian overcomes the world by faith, recognizing - by observing the life and actions of the Lord Jesus - that we are called to reject and transcend worldly influences. With the Spirit of grace living in us, we possess a strength greater than any influence of the world.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world, you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.