06/08/2026
You might be getting salvation backwards.
We usually tell the story like this:
“I heard the gospel.”
“I believed.”
“Then God made me new.”
But John frames it quite differently. He says:
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God.” (1 John 5:1)
Not “will be born.”
*Has been* born.
In other words, faith doesn’t make you spiritually alive.
Faith is the evidence that God already has.
God is the first mover in salvation.
He gives new birth.
New birth produces faith.
Faith produces love for God.
Love for God produces love for His people.
And that faith overcomes the world.
So real change doesn’t start with willpower.
It starts with God's power. He's the one who opens blind eyes, gives life to dead hearts, and makes Jesus look more satisfying than the world.
That should change how we worship, pray, and do ministry.
Because God isn’t waiting for people who can overcome the world.
He’s making them.
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