"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the vic-
tory that has overcome the world--our faith."
I like this verse a lot--partly because it confirms so much hope for life in THIS world. Do you realize that churchmen who walk with Jesus are kings over the devil, his horde, and all persons who hope in inferior religions? This does not mean that we are perfect (because we are not); and it does not make us tyrants (because that is not how Jesus rules).
. . . But our faith in Christ provides us a perfect victory over the world; and we need not fear it, submit to its ways, nor be in any way manipulated by it. Let all God's children rejoice in the Redeemer; and let us always recognize the absolute primacy of faith.
[Puritan quote of the day: "It is not so much the sins we have com-
mitted that so provoke and grieve Christ as that we refuse the [medi-
cine] of repentance which He prescribes." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repentance"]
