1 John 5:1-5 “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born
of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we
love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of
God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not
burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and
this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (NASB)
Hello,
When looking over these verses and hearing my Pastor preach
through them, something struck me about faith. I have always related faith to
action – but some focus on verse 5 has helped further my understanding of the
correlation of faith and action. You see, there is a difference between being
active in your faith, and being active with your faith.
If you are active in your faith this tends to be more
introspective/personal in nature. We do things inwardly and the focus is very
defensive..
But, if you extend this and become active with your faith
then it begins to go on the attack. This is when we begin to use our faith to
really impact others. We get vocal and practical with our outreach to others.
We seek out areas in our own lives that need fixing and attack them.
Nothing wrong with being active in your faith – that is a
needed thing….but, are we also being active with our faith?
Have a blessed day,
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