What kind of words describe your faith?

What adjectives would you use when you think about your Christian faith in life?

Do you think of your faith with words like timid, weak, shaky; or are you thinking of words like confident, sure, and consistent?

The Apostle John writes to his congregations in order that they would think of themselves with confident faith, sure conviction, and a deep understanding. That way of thinking is what the Holy Spirit works in you through the Word of God.

We hear this from 1 John today:
12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His Name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

That’s God’s Will for you; that’s what John is writing about in this section of First John.

The gifts of salvation, specifically Perfect tense forgiveness in the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing God through His Word, and overcoming the devil and his demons, allows you to have a confident, sure, and consistent Christian faith and life. Amen!