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NASB | 1 John 5:11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:11 And the testimony is this: God has given us eternal life [we already possess it], and this life is in His Son [resulting in our spiritual completeness, and eternal companionship with Him]. |
Subject: eternal security |
Bible Note: dear farout: I rejoice in the truth of eternal security. However, we know that Christians can not live in sinless perfection as long as we have to contend with the World, the flesh and the devil. Nevertheless, it should be our exercise before the Lord that we would allow his Spirit to give us wisdom and strength to avoid the pollutions of the world. I know from my own experience that a Christian can get cold and away from the Lord. Yet deep down in my soul I always had a sense of his presence and conviction for those things which were not pleasing to himself. Peter is a good example of one who denied the Lord as he sat afraid at the worlds fire. However, when the Lord looked on him, that look melted Peter,s heart and he wept in bitterly in repentance. We know that Peter went on to be a great soldier of the cross and in contrast to the man who was once afraid of being associated with Christ; he was horribly martyred for the sake of the one he loved. I agree with you last paragraph. We must rest on what God in his word declares and not become obsessed with our own subjective opinions or feelings. I love the words of an old hymn: "On Christ salavation rests secure, The rock of ages must endure, Nor can the faith be overthrown Which rests upon the living stone! Praise his precious name Robert |