Faith Overcomes the World
(1Jn 5:4-5)
God is everlasting(Ps 102:26; He 1:8).
His kingdom is forever, and
His dwelling place is forever.
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is about overcoming the world because of Him.
The longer one lives in the world,
The more one becomes attached to it.
As time goes by, the world becomes more advanced and a better place to live.
Thus, people want to live longer, have more, and become more successful than ever before.
Nevertheless, everyone must leave the world at some point and
Once he leaves, he cannot come back.
More importantly, however,
The Bible says that the world has an end:
When by His word God burns it up with fire,
The day the prince of the world, the devil, is sent to hell(2Pe 2:4, 2Pe 2:7; Jude 1:6; Mt 13:39-40, Mt 25:41)
Deceived by the devil,
Adam sinned and because of which
He was banished from his world, the Garden of Eden,
To the world of men(Ge 3:23-24), and
All men became destined to go to hell with the devil(Mt 25:41).
Since the wickedness in the world became great(Ge 6:5; 2Pe 3:6),
God destroyed it by a deluge
But Noah and his family lived because
They believed in God's word and built an ark.
Only a day after the angels arrived in Sodom,
The entire city was destroyed by brimstone fire
But Lot and his family escaped because they believed in God's word.
According to the prophecy,
The Israelites were delivered from Egypt after 430 years of slavery(Ge 15:13; Ex 12:41).
Gradually, however, they became unruly against God(Hos 11:12), and
Because punishment was slow in coming, they became even bolder(Ecc 8:11).
The prophets warned them of
The coming punishment for their detestable practices(Eze 7:8; Hab 2:3; Mal 4:5).
Yet the temple where the name of God was
Provided hope for the Israelites.
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would put an end to the world that He made by His word(Jn 1:3; 2Pe 3:7; He 1:2), for
He is the incarnate Word who was with the Father in the beginning(Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
1. Believed the Father and laid down His life according to the Father's will(Jn 10:17-18);
2. Judged the prince of the world(Jn 12:31); and
3. With His torn flesh made a way for men to escape this burning universe, and with His blood redeemed men(Mt 20:28; Jn 3:16,Jn 12:47).
Though He engaged with the devil and died,
Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to the heavenly throne,
Subjecting the world under His feet(He 2:5).
The Holy Spirit comes in the name Yeshua
To those who received Him as the Savior and
By faith received salvation(Jn 4:42), and
Lets them believe in His name, His word.
The Christian did not receive the spirit of the world
But the Spirit who came from the Father(1Co 2:12), and
Longs to receive everlasting life when the Lord returns.
Therefore, he overcomes the world by faith for
He knows the weapon of the prince of the world.
The weapon of the prince of the world is the world.
It is sensual, emotional and extremely humanistic.
He puts every effort to tempt one more believer to
Chase after the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life(1Jn 2:16), and
To make him become earthly, unspiritual, demonic, and enemies of God(Jas 3:15, Jas 4:4).
He also leads him to follow the ways of the world, that is, morals and ethics(Eph 2:2-3), and
Focus on the interest and the good of the family,
Seek fame and waste his life so that
He would become unworthy of the kingdom of God(Mt 10:34-37).
O Lord,
Even if I am told to be anti-social, anti-humanist, and anti-moral,
Let me, my family and all those You have given me
Cut off our ties to the world by faith
So that in that day when we leave the world
We can subject the world to come! Amen.
