"I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
(1) I - the son of Mary and the Son of God; I - the child born at Bethlehem, the child who is called the "Everlasting Father" (Isaiah 9:6), the Creator of heaven and earth.
(2) the world - The Bible teaches us that the world is both fallen from God and loved by God. The Bible warns us: "Do not be conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2). "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15). Nevertheless, the Bible also tells us thatGod so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Taking these two aspects of the Bible 's teaching together, we learn two lessons: First, we are loved by God ; Second, we are to love God . We must not take God 's love for granted. we must not live as the world lives, with little thought for God or His Son, Jesus Christ.
(3) overcome -God 's way of overcoming the world is a rather strange way. It is not the way of brute force. it is not the way of worldly power. It is not the way of the dictator. God 's way is the way of love. God 's way centres on a Babe born in a stable, because there was "no room at the inn." It centres on a young Man, put to death on a Cross "outside a city wall."
(1) I - the son of Mary and the Son of God; I - the child born at Bethlehem, the child who is called the "Everlasting Father" (Isaiah 9:6), the Creator of heaven and earth.
(2) the world - The Bible teaches us that the world is both fallen from God and loved by God. The Bible warns us: "Do not be conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2). "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15). Nevertheless, the Bible also tells us that
(3) overcome -
