Life through Faith
John 14:6a says, “Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life.”
“He who has the Son has the life….”—1 John 5:12.
“… I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger, and he who believes into Me shall by no means ever thirst.”— John 6:35.
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.”
“He who believes into the Son has eternal life….”— John 3:36.
Believing into the Lord is not the same as believing Him; to believe Him is to believe that He is true and real, but to believe into Him is to receive Him and be united with Him as one. The former is to acknowledge a fact objectively; the latter is to receive a life subjectively.
John 1:12 says, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name.”
Just as we receive food and water through eating and drinking, we must receive the Lord Jesus through believing. —John 6:54a.
“We believe, we believe,
We believe, therefore we speak.
We believe, we believe,
We believe, therefore we speak.
“Turn away from all of the doubts in your mind
To your mingled spirit of faith.
Pray to contact God as the Spirit within,
For He Himself is your way.”