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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, THAT ALL MEN THROUGH HIM MIGHT BELIEVE.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, WHICH LIGHTEST EVERY MAN THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD. John 1:4-9.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
NO MAN CAN COME TO ME, EXCEPT THE FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME DRAW HIM: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44.
(It is the spirit of God that draws man to the Lord.)
Unbelievers are unable to come to the light of Christ without the Father drawing them and the Holy spirit shining light into their souls by regenerating them unto faith in Jesus through the light of the Gospel.
So, all of us here who believe the Gospel and put our faith in Jesus are blessed by the workings of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who together bring about our salvation.
How wonderful is the love of God that He would bestow upon us such grace and mercy!
Having been a believer all of my life, I have thus been under the effects of these precious gifts from God for as long as I can remember. It is easy to just take these for granted at times, but I try to remind myself often to be grateful to God for bringing me to Christ early on.
Though I count myself a sinner in need of salvation, I do not have a testimony of a life lived without salvation. I do not know what it is like to be in the darkness of unbelief. Why God saved me so young, I cannot explain, but I am thankful.
I love to hear the testimony of those who have lived apart from God and then have been converted. These testimonies make me so thankful that God reached these people who became brethren by the same means that I did but in life circumstances different than mine.
For me, having been brought up by believing parents and taught the faith of Christ from my early years, I know that God chose this environment for me. It has blessed me by continually strengthening my faith in Christ and in growing in knowledge of God.
This reminds how much of a blessing it is for children to be brought up in the faith. The responsibility to do this on believing parents should not be sloughed off. But even when we do this, some children will go the way of the prodigal, as my three sons have. It makes me wonder why God kept me in the faith through my childhood and beyond but allowed my sons to stray from Him. But I do know that God is mighty to save and will draw them to Him.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, THAT ALL MEN THROUGH HIM MIGHT BELIEVE.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, WHICH LIGHTEST EVERY MAN THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD. John 1:4-9.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
NO MAN CAN COME TO ME, EXCEPT THE FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME DRAW HIM: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44.
(It is the spirit of God that draws man to the Lord.)
John 6:60-65.
Matthew 16:17.
1 Peter 1:10-11.
1 Corinthians 2:9-11.
1 Corinthians 2:12-16.
1 Corinthians 12:3.
God bless.
Unbelievers are unable to come to the light of Christ without the Father drawing them and the Holy spirit shining light into their souls by regenerating them unto faith in Jesus through the light of the Gospel.
So, all of us here who believe the Gospel and put our faith in Jesus are blessed by the workings of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who together bring about our salvation.
How wonderful is the love of God that He would bestow upon us such grace and mercy!
Having been a believer all of my life, I have thus been under the effects of these precious gifts from God for as long as I can remember. It is easy to just take these for granted at times, but I try to remind myself often to be grateful to God for bringing me to Christ early on.
Though I count myself a sinner in need of salvation, I do not have a testimony of a life lived without salvation. I do not know what it is like to be in the darkness of unbelief. Why God saved me so young, I cannot explain, but I am thankful.
I love to hear the testimony of those who have lived apart from God and then have been converted. These testimonies make me so thankful that God reached these people who became brethren by the same means that I did but in life circumstances different than mine.
For me, having been brought up by believing parents and taught the faith of Christ from my early years, I know that God chose this environment for me. It has blessed me by continually strengthening my faith in Christ and in growing in knowledge of God.
This reminds how much of a blessing it is for children to be brought up in the faith. The responsibility to do this on believing parents should not be sloughed off. But even when we do this, some children will go the way of the prodigal, as my three sons have. It makes me wonder why God kept me in the faith through my childhood and beyond but allowed my sons to stray from Him. But I do know that God is mighty to save and will draw them to Him.
We are saved by Christ's Faith - His faithfulness in doing ALL of the WORK to SAVE us - not our faith.
Our faith is a RESULT of our salvation given to us by God. It is neither the cause nor the means of our salvation.
Thank you for your post.
There is one definition for the word faith. "Persuasion".
There are 2 recipients of faith.
1)"The lost or those in darkness.
2)"The saved, Children of the light and "Promise".
For the Children of darkness, Persuasion rests on what is uncertainty/Hopefulness. "Darkness,
The Child of promise is in the light which shines in our hearts. 2 Corinthians 4:6. This is supernatural!
It's Christ Persuasion that we rest on. We are persuaded by what is truth and cannot lie.
Hebrews 6:12-33. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
faith/persuasion comes by hearing the word of God.
GB
brought to faith at a very young age (I don't even remember a moment when I did not believe) it was the Father who drew me
in love to Him. It was the Spirit who made me alive in Christ and supplied to me the faith to believe in Jesus, even when I was
too young to fully understand all matters of our conversion and life with God.
This is a good example of "monergism" where God did all the work of saving me, not because I had innate faith nor because I
had intellectual comprehension of what was done for me in Christ. But because God had elected me and brought me to faith at
the time He appointed for me. I can never brag about coming to faith with my own efforts, because my conversion did not
involve my effort. It was done all of God in a wee one. Like Jesus said, "Let the children come unto me, and do not forbid them,
for of such is the Kingdom of heaven." Matthew 19:14.
It comforts me greatly to know this, because I can see how God "kept" me through all of the years of childhood, adolescence,
and early adulthood when we can be so foolish. Despite the sins, He kept me in the faith, continued to forgive me, grew me in
knowledge of Him and His Son, created in me a hunger to read the Bible without anyone urging me to do so, helped me to be
decisive about how I wanted to live my life at crossroads of continuing in a way that was sinful or walking His way, equipped me
to be a prayerful person, lead me to my believing husband, and so much more.
The grace He has bestowed on me is precious to me. When I look back I can honestly say, I don't want to go back to who I was
but instead, press on to become more and more like Jesus until He brings me home to Him at last.
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