Overcomers

1 John 5:4 ESV
“For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

We have been born of God as it says in John 1:12 ESV, “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,  who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” We are born of God even though we live in the world system. We are in the world but not of the world.

By the simple definition the word world refers to a world system ruled by Satan. We can more readily appreciate Christ’s claims that believers are no longer of the world. We are no longer ruled by sin, nor are we bound by the principles of the world.

In addition, we are being changed into the image of Christ, causing our interest in the things of the world to become diminished. The New Living Translation says it this way, “For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.” Or we defeat the evil that is in the world.

God created this world to be beautiful, to be enjoyed. Satan and his evil has made this world system polluted with sin. We overcome the world by simple act of believing, having faith in God. In that simple act we are translated from sin to being forgiven. We begin to grow in Christ, then we start the sanctification process of being cleansed from all unrighteousness. At the point we are in the world but not of this world. We have been made righteous by the Blood of Jesus.

Prayer:
Father, thank you for saving me from this world’s system. I still live in this world but I am not of this world. Because of Jesus Your Son I have defeated the world’s system that kept me from You. I am an Overcomer!