Today's Verse: 1 John 5:5 (NIV): Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. What does overcoming the world mean? If we are in the world and do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God, then we are doomed to judgment in the world by God. If we truly believe and accept in our hearts that Jesus is the Son of God, then we are rewarded with eternal life.

Today's Comments: Man was created to have a personal relationship with God. And it is through our relationship in obedience to God's will that we are rewarded. Building our relationship with God is not easy. It requires work on our part. But without God's grace, our work does not yield a thing. I think that is a major difference between being subject to the world and overcoming the world. If we are subject to the world, then we make our own bed, so to speak. We do worldly things and are rewarded only with worldly things that will pass out of existence with our death. On the other hand, if we accept God's grace and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, then the grace of God works in our hearts to help us become obedient to His will. And we are rewarded forever.