Saving Faith Means Dedication

I ran across this during my devotions and thought I'd share:

Saving belief is not simply intellectual acceptance, but whole-hearted dedication to Jesus Christ that is permanent:

1 John 5:1-2 says,
"Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandements."

I challenge you to read up to verse four because John continues to talk about what love looks like and how we are able to have victory over the world. What comes to mind when the word dedication is thrown out? To me it has a reverence to it. It has a connection in my discipline which likewise has a bit of a negative connotation to it for me because I know how good I am at being disciplined. The idea of being a free spirit just sounds better.

The truth of it is that you will find many people claiming that they are Christians. You may even do so yourself...but if what the Bible says is true, "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments." and we are not loving each other or observing the commands of Scripture, we are NOT of Him!

What an incredible challenge. Join me in as I search for living a life of dedication to Christ before anything else.

This is my prayer for us,
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength." Ephesians 1:17-19

~.Our Faith is the Victory Over the World.~