Overview of: 1 JohnToday's Reading:
1 John 5:1-15
"Faith in the Son"
Focus Verses: 1 John 5:9-12
9 We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Insight:
God has spoken; his testimony is that life is in his Son, and only in his Son. Those, who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, have this testimony in their hearts. To reject faith in Jesus and this promise of life, John says, is to reject the Christian view of God and the Christian hope of life in Christ.
Response and Action:
I believe that the testimony and teaching of the apostles is true and reliable. I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. I believe that God has given abundant testimony -- through scripture, prophecy, miracles, incarnation, history, apostolic revelation, the present work of the Holy Spirit, and my personal experience in following Christ -- that Jesus is His Son and that life is found in him. This testimony rings true in my own heart.
O Lord, confirm your testimony and the truth of Christ Jesus in my heart more and more with each new day. Help me to know Christ and the power of his resurrection. Help me to mature in my faith, that my life might also become a testimony of your grace and the truth of Jesus. Amen.
Old Testament for Today: Neh. 9:5b-6
5b "Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
In Context: Nehemiah 9
Proverb for Today: Prov. 16:6
"Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil."
Recommended Reading:
Who Was Jesus?
by Scot McKnight
This is the Testimony (Music CD)
CSF Scripture Songs
