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NASB | 1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:4 For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world--our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God]. |
Bible Question: I am a member of the Prayer Partner Ministry at my church and we are having a Prayer Vigil, our theme is outreach. My particular group is focusing on the scripture 1 John 5:4, and each member of the group is to pull different ideas from this particular scripture and applying it to different world wide afflictions. I will be speaking on drug addiction. This is my first time doing this, so any ideas on how to apply this scripture to drug addiction and overcoming it? |
Bible Answer: Hello, Sufficient Grace. Your question attracted my attention initially when I read that you are a part of the prayer ministry at the church you attend. So am I at First Baptist Church of my home city. Since it is a large church, we are able to staff it with volunteer members 24/7. Each member of the team chooses his hour during the week, and thus someone is engaged in prayer every hour of every day the year round..... If I had your assignment, I believe I'd key in on the word "faith" in 1 John 5:4 and build my talk around what the Bible says about the power of faith -- remember what Jesus said about having faith the size of a mustard seed? We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Surely He who is able to save us by faith alone in Him alone is able to free us from addictions as well -- if we are willing to believe and trust in His power to deliver us from them. I'd look up in a concordance the words "faith" and "believe or belief" and proceed to build my case on the solid ground of what Scripture says about faith and the power of an unswerving and abiding faith in God the Father and in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I would emphasize that you are not talking about having faith in faith (that's humanism), but faith in the power of Almighty God to lead and direct our lives and rescue us from the prison of drug addiction. --Hank |
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Hank |