LW Baptist

LW Baptist will meet on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 4 to study God’s dealings with the Israelites.

Leaving Sinai and beginning their journey through the wilderness to the promised land, the Israelites have every assurance of safe arrival and victory along the way. God has redeemed them from bondage. They know God’s will and have his protection day and night. The Lord gathers them regularly for fellowship, worship and service. He leads them assembled for march, and he promises them food and rest along the way. But realization of final triumph depends on a fragile component: faith. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that he is God, and that he rewards those who seek him. Faith is noticing who God is. It means rejoicing in who he is, and trusting in who he is.

The Bible says whoever is born of God overcomes the world. How? By believing that Jesus is the son of God. This faith is the victory that overcomes the world, not by withdrawing from it, but by marching triumphantly through it as Jesus did, in the world, but not of it.

Of course, believers are not Jesus, but that is where faith comes in. They trust not in themselves, but in Jesus who won the victory over the world and will give them victory too. Jesus promised, “In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.”

For more information, call 562-430-8598.