Today's Reading:
Isaiah 45:11-48:11
1 John 5:1-21
Psalm 146:1-10
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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.
Spiritual Formation Verses: John 5:24-25
24 "I
tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me
has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from
death to life. 25 I
tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead
will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
Resources:
The Incomparable Christ
by John R. W. Stott
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