Only by the blood!
July 4, 2021
The Apostle John was keen to encourage his readers that their faith in Jesus as the Son of God was not misplaced. In fact, God has gone on record and assembled key witnesses to testify to this truth, that in Him is eternal life. Some heretics were questioning whether Jesus’ death was really necessary, whether ‘by the blood’ was really how Jesus Christ had come. Every generation has to contend for the faith. To keep the cross at the centre of our lives. John wants us to be in no doubt that the cross is the only way to eternal life. That whoever has the Son has life, but whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Stephen Morrison
In this series:
1 John 5:5–12 (Listen)
5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Testimony Concerning the Son of God
6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
(ESV)
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