JAN 26 

1 John 5:20
Memorise Matthew 16:16
“This is the true God, and eternal life.”

Central to our understanding of the gospel, is the confidence that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God, fully God, and fully man. This was absolutely necessary in order for Jesus’ sacrifice to be sufficient to save, He had to be the perfect Son of God, who was God manifest in human form, as a man. Only God could make full atonement for sinners and only a man could be a substitute for man. We ought to accept this truth for our finite minds could not possibly begin to hold or comprehend the truth about Jesus. We can fully accept the fact that Jesus is 100% man and 100% God, trusting and believing what God’s Word tells us. Faith clings to Scripture alone. 

1 John 5:20 tells us that the Son of God has already come into the world. It is simply stated as a known, undisputed fact. His birth and life has been recorded for us in the four gospels. Not only that, in those gospels, He has taught us and given us much revelation about the nature of His kingdom and the way we ought to live if we are truly His. Christ is described here as ‘him that is true’ – that there is no hint of any lie, error or falsehood in Him. He is also described as the ‘true God, and eternal life’. If we know Him in all His perfect truth, known through His Word, then yes to us He is the source of eternal life. Through our knowledge of Him, of our faith in the fact that He is indeed the Son of God who has come into this world to save us from our sins, then we will be saved. 

Have you accepted Him as your saviour? Do not delay if you have not. Seek to know Him who is the living and true God. There is no one else who can save you. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Only Jesus, always Jesus. He is the perfect sacrifice that God accepts to take our place as sinners condemned and destined for hell and destruction. 

Thought: Jesus Christ – the image of the invisible God. 
Prayer: Lord, make me to know Thee more fully, to glorify Thee and enjoy Thee forever.