“We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.”
1 John 5:18 (NIV)
Do you know you have eternal life?
Do you know? Are you sure?
John wants us to be sure and so he gives us some markers.
Marker 1 – do you believe that Jesus is the Christ born of God?
Marker 2 – do we overcome the world?
Marker 3 – do we accept the testimony of the Holy Spirit?
Marker 4 – are our prayers answered?
Marker 5 – do we have victory over sin?
I so appreciate the elders at Parkdale speaking to us over these last months during communion about victory over sin. All of the men have shared from their perspectives and have chosen very diverse approaches, and yet these men are helping us to attain to Marker #5. Our elders want us to have the assurance of salvation, the assurance that will take us from strength to strength.
This last marker may be the motivator for each of us to seek victory over sin.
Marker 6 – do we understand the stakes?
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