1 John 5:6-21 Our Certainties

In the rest of this letter, John tells us Christians what we are certain of – what we know for sure:

                Jesus IS God

                Believers HAVE eternal life

                God ANSWERS prayer

                Christian don’t PRACTICE sin

                The Christian life is the  REAL life

The Holy Spirit is within us, testifying to us about the truth of these statements.  Satan, our flesh-nature, and the world are all screaming in our ears trying to persuade us that it’s all a lie.  But we’ve been given spiritual discernment.  We know what’s true and what’s false.  “To a man of the world the Christian life is unreal and the worldly life is real,” my commentary said.  But we know better!

Father, thank You for Your assurance that this isn’t all just made up fantasy.  Thank You for peeling away the blinders Satan puts on our eyes.  Keep me in Your truth and increase my faith!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford