Daily Bread

1 John 4:4 - "You are from God little children and have conquered them because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world."

The Greater One that "is in you" is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ both came in the flesh when He was born into the world and when he was born into the hearts of men by the Holy Spirit. That Christ Jesus dwells in those who are born of God is a well-established doctrine, (1 John 3:24; 14:20, 23; 17:23, 26). Therefore, we may understand that there is a dual meaning to "Jesus Christ is come in the flesh;" for Jesus was both manifested in the flesh when He was born of the virgin Mary and when He came to dwell on the inside of the child of God. Jesus Christ who was manifested to destroy the works of darkness is now manifested through everyone who has received Him. Thus, the Greater One that is in us opposes all that is in the world (Galatians 5:17; John 14:17; 1 John 2:16-16. The power of Jesus Christ in the life of the believer enables us to conquer the spirit of antichrist, the spirit of the world, and the spirit of deception (1 John 3:6-7).

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org