For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this it the victory that has overcome the world - our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
God has been doing a radical work in my life through the simplicity of the gospel. Our faith that Jesus is the Son of God is our victory over the world. "All that is in the world" is described earlier in 1 John 2 as "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life." Our victory over temptation is so simple. I beleive that devil is at work to get Christ followers so confused over the power in the simplicity of our faith. Our faith is indeed born of God as we see in the Scripture above. Our faith also grows in a sense of His love. The devil is out to accuse and deceive us (Revelation 12) into thinking that we need to add "extra" or "hidden" things to our simple faith in Jesus Christ in order to walk in victory. A while ago, I heard someone say, "there's more than salvation." That really hit me wrong. I realized that what he should have said was that there is more "in" salvation. There may be areas in our lives that we are not seeing this "victory" or in other words we haven't experienced all of the benefits that are available in our salvation. However, let us not lessen the truth of the Bible to our experience and let's apply this faith to every nook and cranny of our hearts that we might experience this victory that is born of God Himself. Our faith needs a recharge and Scriptural realignment to see how God sees and live as He calls us to live. Jesus has paid with His own blood for us to have victory over the world and our faith in Him is paramount to everything we do in life.
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