We Know by Our Faith in Him<\/p>\n
"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" (1Jn_5:1).<\/p>\n
1. John was an Apostle set apart to establish the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the message of his Gospel.<\/p>\n
The Gospel centers around eight signs, designating Jesus Christ as the Son of God, particularly in His relationship to His people, Israel.<\/p>\n
The 20th chapter concludes with a statement:<\/p>\n
"And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this Book: but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name" (Joh_20:30-31).<\/p>\n
2. John was an Apostle set apart to establish saints in their security and certainty concerning eternal life. This was the message of his First Epistle.<\/p>\n
In 1Jn_5:13 (1911 Bible), we read concerning the First Epistle of John:<\/p>\n
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, who believe on the name of the Son of God."<\/p>\n
John's Gospel was written that we might know Christ, and be saved thereby.<\/p>\n
John's Epistle was written that those who are saved might know their salvation.<\/p>\n
John's Gospel is summed up in one word–"To know Him is to believe Him."<\/p>\n
John's Epistle is summed up in one word–"To believe Him is to know you are His."<\/p>\n
3. John in his Epistle, sets forth the real basis of a Scriptural faith. He states in plain words:<\/p>\n
(1) "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God" (1Jn_5:1).<\/p>\n
No one, with an open mind, can read the Gospel of John, which begins with the expression: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"–and which concludes, in chapter 20, with the words: "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God" (Joh_20:31), without believing in the Deity of our Lord–that He was both the Son of God, and God the Son.<\/p>\n
John in his Epistle tells us just what John in the Gospel tells us, that salvation conies through believing in Jesus Christ. The Gospel puts it this way: "That Jesus is the Son of God" (Joh_20:31). The Epistle puts it this way: "That Jesus is the Christ" (1Jn_5:1).<\/p>\n
The Gospel says: "That believing, ye might have life in His name" (Joh_20:31, \\1911 Bible).<\/p>\n
The Epistle says: "Whosoever believeth * * is born of God" (1Jn_5:1).<\/p>\n
(2) "That ye may know that ye have eternal life, who believe on the name of the Son of God" (1Jn_5:13, \\1911 Bible).<\/p>\n
The name of the Son of God designates the character, and the claims of the Son of God.<\/p>\n
Christ said to the blind man: "Dost thou believe on the Son of God?" (Joh_9:35). The blind man answered: "Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him?" (Joh_9:36). Jesus replied: "Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee" (Joh_9:31). Then the blind man said: "Lord, I believe" (Joh_9:38).<\/p>\n
The man, at the beautiful gate of the Temple, believed just as the blind man of John 9, believed. Concerning the former, Peter said:<\/p>\n
"If we this day be examined as to the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, * * even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole" (Act_4:9-10, \\1911 Bible).<\/p>\n
Our conclusion is that salvation is by faith in His name–"Neither is there salvation in any other" name (Act_4:12).<\/p>\n
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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