You Are Saved. Jesus Is Savior.

Day 339: 1 John 5:1-21

“I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life... And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.” - 1 John 5:13,20 NLT

The Apostle John didn't write in code when it came to his intentions in this 5-chapter letter. He, over and over, wrote to assure his audience of two main truths:

1) We can know for certain that we are saved. When I say "saved," I mean that we can be assured that we are among those whom God calls His children, both right now and when we step into eternity. Heaven awaits those who "have the Son." (see verse 12) This is manifested by our obedience to God and our love for those around us.

2) Jesus is, in fact, God. Our Savior proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that He was who He said he was. In verse 8, John points to three that testified of this:

The Spirit >> Jesus' birth and life (see Luke 1:35, 2:52)

The Water >> Jesus' baptism (see Matthew 3:13-16)

The Blood >> Jesus' death on the cross (see Matthew 26:28, Ephesians 1:7)

The amazing thing? Our original testifiers aren't here anymore. They've received their reward in heaven. Yet these three continue to testify, to this day, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

“The Gospel was written for unbelievers, that they might read the testimony of God to his Son, believe in him to whom the testimony pointed, and thus receive life through faith.” - John Stott