11 Jan 2008

Who is it that conquers the world?

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For 11 January 2008, Friday after Epiphany, based on 1 John 5:5-12
Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth. There are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three agree. If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.

Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

About Peter Hunter, O.P.

Peter Hunter is a friar of the English Province. He lives in Oxford, England, where he teaches philosophy at Blackfriars Hall. He also works at St Cassian’s Centre, a youth retreat centre run by the De La Salle brothers.

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