WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD
Wednesday 12
“We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.”1 John 5:18 (NKJV)
Read: 1 John 3:4-10; 5:18-21
The passage of the Scripture in our text says whoever is born of God does not sin. In other words, whoever is born of God will not deliberately go into sin. Now, who is the person born of God? The person who is born of God is someone who acknowledges his sin, repents of it, and accepts the atonement through Christ Jesus (1 John 2:1,2).
One who believes in his heart that Jesus died for his sin and resurrected for his justification, and confesses it with his mouth, (Romans 3:21-26; 10:9,10; 2 Corinthians 5:15,17). So, whoever has taken the step, that is, one who has been reborn, such is the person who is born of God.
Now, the passage says, the person who has been born of God keeps himself and the wicked one does not touch him (1 John 5:18).
- The question is, how do you keep yourself?
- And also, who is the wicked one being talked about that could not touch him? The wicked one that does not touch him is the devil. Then, the one who is born of God keeps himself by being circumspect and walking in the light of God’s Word (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-3; James 1:22-25). The one who is born of God should not allow pride and should not be overconfident: “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12).
Part of taking heed is being able to read and study the Word of God daily and live by its principles (James 1:22-25). You observe the daily exercise of prayer, reading and studying of the Bible; the practising of the word, and fellowshipping with God, and the doing of things that lead to your edification.
These daily exercises are the things that should be the pattern of your life which you do consistently, and after you have been doing them consistently for a long time, they become part of your life and it will be difficult for you to deviate from them.
It is when you live thus that the wicked one, the devil, will not be able to touch you or mess up with your life. Steadfastness in God is not built in a day, it is built by a consistent and routinely practice of godly principles over a long period of time. If your life is not patterned and built as being shared here, you may not be rooted in God in your Christian faith and you might be one of the ones being tossed here and there by the devil, the wicked one. Please, pay attention to your Christian life, that is, your spiritual life in particular. Peace.
Reflect:
- What does your current pattern of prayer and Bible study say about how “Kept” you are?
- What one daily habit would most strengthen your defence against the enemy if you started it today?
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