Sunday, July 12, 2015

Based on what we know...

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
(1 John 5:18-21 ESV)
John has reviewed the basics of what we know about the church.  When we are born again, things change: We no longer want to do what the world wants, but what God wants. We have come to know the True and Living God through Christ, and that real life is lived in His strength.  So how are we to respond?  To run from the false, to expose the lies, to stand on and for the truth.  To point to Christ and say: "That is what God is like; That is what God wants; He alone is worthy of our lives.  May knowing the Truth keep us from false gods today.

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