The Faith of Jesus - Alonzo T. Jones
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the Christ is born <strong>of</strong> God: and everyone who loves<br />
him that begat loves him also that is begotten <strong>of</strong><br />
him. By this we know that we love the children <strong>of</strong><br />
God, when we love God, and keep his<br />
commandments. For this is the love <strong>of</strong> God, that<br />
we keep his commandments: and his<br />
commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is<br />
born <strong>of</strong> God overcomes the world: and this is the<br />
victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.<br />
Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that<br />
believeth that <strong>Jesus</strong> is the Son <strong>of</strong> God?” (1 John<br />
5:1-5). <strong>The</strong> beloved disciple therefore also teaches<br />
that Christianity, the love <strong>of</strong> God, is the keeping <strong>of</strong><br />
the commandments <strong>of</strong> God and the faith <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lord <strong>Jesus</strong> himself, referring to God, said:<br />
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the<br />
end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do<br />
HIS [God’s] commandments, that they may have<br />
right to the tree <strong>of</strong> life, and may enter in through<br />
the gates into the city” (Rev. 22:13, 14). He also<br />
said, “God so loved the world, that he gave his<br />
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him<br />
should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Christ<br />
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