1 John 5:12–19

Defaulting to Grace and other observations
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5 min readOct 18, 2024

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Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life — to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

The Christian life may not be easy, but it is rooted in simplicity. Those who have made Jesus their savior, Lord, shepherd, and King have life for eternity, starting today. Those who reject Jesus do not have life beyond this physical one. Those who deliberately attribute the work of God to some lesser devil have committed the eternal sin from which there is no repentance (Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:29; John 8:23–24), thus condemning themselves…

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By Stephanie Loomis: Lover of Jesus, Wife, Mom, Ama, Writer, Teacher, Photographer, Singer, Athlete, Artist...a modern Renaissance woman.