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Born of God to Overcome

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 12, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 44.

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Born of God to Overcome

The child of God is born of the Spirit of God. This birth does not take place after some experience in the Christian life, or, in other words, after the man has overcome; man is born of God in order that he may overcome. "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." 1 John 5:4. What is here meant by the world is shown in the second chapter, verses 15-17. The very fact that one does overcome the world and all it implies, is a proof that he is born of God; for only the children of God are overcomers. They are not children of God because they are overcomers, they are overcomers because they are children of God.