TRUE BELIEVERS!

 TOPIC ONE: Eternal Security of the Believer

 

DAY TWO: WHAT DO YOU MEAN “BELIEVER?”  JOHN 3:16

 

MEMORY VERSE: "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life."  I John 5:13

 

Anyone can “say” they believe and they can have profession without possession. A believer in Christ is not simply someone who has been baptized or has had communion or joined a church. It is more than the display of some interest in Christ.

 

The word “believe” in John 3:16 and the New Testament means precisely this:

 

To fully trust in

To fully rely on

To rest our full weight upon

 

And a believer is someone who fully trusts Christ alone for his salvation, who fully relies upon Christ for their righteousness and who has put the totality of their lives upon the person and work of Jesus! That is faith. Have you ever seen the acrostic for faith?

F = forsaking

A = all

I = I

T = trust

H = Him

 

Forsaking all others, I trust in Christ alone for my salvation. Not your works, not your water baptism, not your church membership, but Christ alone! Foundational truth 101! If you say you are a believer, then live like it!

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