John 16:33b "Take heart, because I have overcome the world." Dale, when you speak of how we can "have assurance that we are indeed children of God, born of his Spirit, and empowered to overcome the world, " let us remember that the life of Jesus and his defeat of death is the best expression of putting way the things of the world. It is through Christ by Holy Spirit power this is accomplished, not of our power but through our life in Him. I don't mean to belittle what you have proclaimed in this article, yet I feel the need to emphasize this ultimately is not of us.
John 16:33b "Take heart, because I have overcome the world." Dale, when you speak of how we can "have assurance that we are indeed children of God, born of his Spirit, and empowered to overcome the world, " let us remember that the life of Jesus and his defeat of death is the best expression of putting way the things of the world. It is through Christ by Holy Spirit power this is accomplished, not of our power but through our life in Him. I don't mean to belittle what you have proclaimed in this article, yet I feel the need to emphasize this ultimately is not of us.