Featured He That Overcometh!

5 And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 Jn 5

 

Indeed kyredneck.

Personally this to me is a one verse snapshot of the entire book of First John which gives definition to the title "the Son of God".

Who this "Son of God" is and what He has done for us.
When that realization overtakes us and our thinking then we have overcome the world.

He is Almighty eternal GOD come in the flesh to save us from our sins,

 

We over come the world by surrender to God.
MB

 

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith." ( 1 John 5:4 )

 

That command underlines the opening verses - the message is to all who read & hear - to obey!

While we do have our interpretation systems, they should not stand in the way of our obedience to Scripture.

 

Then there is the 8th promise cited in Revelation 21:7, ". . . He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. . . ."

And the Apostle John identifies who it is that overcomes in his letter, 1 John 5:4-5, ". . . For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? . . ."

 

False. Surrender is a works salvation.

 

Where does scripture say surrender is a work.
MB

 

The message is to those who have been made capable of 'hearing':

14 And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: Mt 11

...in the same vein as:

48 And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Acts 13

...or:

12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. 1 Cor 2

 

"Surpise! Surpise!" - Gomer Pyle

 

No 37818 Surrender is a work but it FOLLOWS after SALVATION.
No person can surrender to GOD without the Spirit residing in him/her.

 

Hank, are you saying that you don't believe one ever surrenders before he/she is saved?

I mean personally, I don't see it as when God draws ...err, let's take this from a Calvinist perspective, ...when God forcefully drags His predestined picks kicking and screaming and hating God up to the point that then God has to rip out their heart and replace it to have to be the status quo before a man/woman begins to believe that the way he/she has been living in the world is not working and begins to surrender to God's drawing wherein he/she asks, seeks and finds God who is faithful to answer his/her prayers as per His promise and the knowing of Him (loving relationship) begins to transform their lives:

(Mat 7:7) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
(Mat 7:8) For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Again, the scriptures seem to suggest that one surrenders in order to confess and believe in "their" heart before they are saved:

(Rom 10:9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
(Rom 10:10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

As well as one surrenders in trust, after hearing the word of truth wherein after that he believed and then was sealed with the full impression of the image of God on their soul and the assurance of receiving the promise of salvation:

(Eph 1:13) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Because I would say one surrenders to God's drawing, and surrenders in his thinking that he doesn't need a relationship with God before he comes to the faith to believe and follow Him:

(Heb 11:6) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Just a thought and curious about yours.

 

in terms of experience i can only speak for my self - it took years for me to walk with Him hand in hand.

 

So surrender is not an action?
Where does the word of God say we must surrender to God prior in order to obtain a the gift to be saved?

 

Huh??

If you place "surrender" as a requirement prior to salvation, then it is a false gospel of works salvation. Which is what I said.

 

Surrender is a work.