WHO INDEED IS THE VICTOR OVER THE WORLD BUT THE ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD? 1 JN 5:5-13
Humbly submit your will to God (thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Prayer Prompt before reading 1 JN 5:5-13: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are so that I may know who I am.
[5:1–5] Children of God are identified not only by their love for others (1 Jn 4:7–9) and for God (1 Jn 5:1–2) but by their belief in the divine sonship of Jesus Christ. Faith, the acceptance of Jesus in his true character and the obedience in love to God’s commands (1 Jn 5:3), is the source of the Christian’s power in the world and conquers the world of evil (1 Jn 5:4–5), even as Christ overcame the world (Jn 16:33).
* [5:6–12] Water and blood (1 Jn 5:6) refers to Christ’s baptism (Mt 3:16–17) and to the shedding of his blood on the cross (Jn 19:34). The Spirit was present at the baptism (Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22; Jn 1:32, 34). The testimony to Christ as the Son of God is confirmed by divine witness (1 Jn 5:7–9), greater by far than the two legally required human witnesses (Dt 17:6).
To deny this is to deny God’s truth; cf. Jn 8:17–18. The gist of the divine witness or testimony is that eternal life (1 Jn 5:11–12) is given in Christ and nowhere else. To possess the Son is not acceptance of a doctrine but of a person who lives now and provides life.
I cheated this morning and copied what is in the footnotes of the Bible. I had writer’s block. I love the last line, “To possess the Son is not acceptance of a doctrine but of a person who lives now and provides life”. Jesus lives now. Do you know where? ”Eternal life is given in Christ and nowhere else”.
What are we waiting for? Find Jesus and give up self to follow Him and be His disciple. He is “wherever two or three are gathered in my name”, He is in the Eucharist, He is in the Tabernacles of every Church, He is in Adoration chapels, His Word is in the Bible living and effective in all times, He is in prayer, He is in your heart.
”Seek and you shall find”. ”Faith, the acceptance of Jesus in his true character and the obedience in love to God’s commands, is the source of the Christian’s power in the world and conquers the world of evil, even as Christ overcame the world”. Faith in Jesus conquers the world, not the Romans, not Hitler, not ISIS, not your phone, not Netflix, not the Internet, not sports, not another religious or political leader. Jesus alone is enough!!!!!!
LK 5:12-16 Healing of the Leper
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean”. “I do will it. Be made clean”. Confession and adoration at it’s finest.
“He would withdraw to deserted places to pray”.
What Jesus prescribes for any ailments that hinder your spiritual life, go to a deserted place and talk to Him. Come to Jesus, he will heal your soul. Physical or mental ailments may be crosses we have to bear. Do we see our crosses as gifts to grow closer to Christ, to grow in holiness? We may not be healed of our physical or mental ailments because they are the way God is calling us to grow in holiness. Embrace your crosses the way Jesus embraced His for you.
Today’s challenge: Devote yourself totally and completely to the only One who gives you eternal life. Go to confession more this new year. Come to Jesus to be healed of any physical or spiritual ailments. Spend more time in silence and listen instead of talking.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will live again!)
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