As believers we need to develop that kind
of winning attitude.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is
the Christ is born of God: and every one
that loveth him that begat loveth him
also that is begotten of him. By this we
know that we love the children of God,
when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments: and
his commandments are not grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith. Who is he that overcometh
the world, but he that believeth that
Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:1-5)
Now God is being unusually explanatory
here. He normally does not explain things
written in the Word of God this deeply for a
very good reason: He intends for us to take
what He says by faith, go to Him and allow
the Holy Spirit to reveal it to our hearts. This
way He doesn’t tip the devil to what it means.
God wrote the Bible as a code book. Proverbs
says that God has hidden godly wisdom for
His people. This is the way He wants it. But
here in this portion of Scripture, God goes an
unusual step further and asks the question,
“Who is he that overcometh the world?” In
other words, God is saying, “This is the way I
see this—whatsoever is born of Me overcomes
the world; and who is he that overcomes
the world, but he who believes that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God?”
Now this can be read another way: “Nobody
but those who believe that Jesus is the Christ
will ever overcome the world.” This world will
not be overcome by a government, by a political
system, or by a monetary system. Money will
never overcome the world! When the Bible
talks about “the world,” it is speaking of the
dominion of darkness, the god of this world,
the evil spirit—Satan—that operates in the
world. No man or system will ever—in any
way, form or fashion—overcome the world
without Jesus Christ as Lord. You’ll never be
able to do it unless you’re born of Him. But
on the other hand, if you are born
of Him, you have an absolute, perfect,
God-given, blood-bought right to overcome every
aspect of the world—everything it could possibly
send your way!
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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