An Anchor For The Soul (2)

The Witness Of The Spirit

1 JOHN 5:4-11
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son
God is never without a witness.Every human law has its roots in scriptures.The Bible tells us that the testimony of one witness is not admisible there must be at least two witnesses and the testimony of the witnesses must agree.A witness simply says that i was at the scene of the occurence,i am privy to the facts of the incident on a first-hand basis  and thereby swears to the veracity of a party's statement or otherwise.In other words a witness has facts on the occurence of a matter that proves the veracity or strength of a case.

So Apostle John says that "whatsoever is born of God has overcome the world" which simply means that what or whosoever carries God's DNA  has overcome the world and the this is the victory that overcomes even or faith.The grounds of our victory was established long before the conflict began. The victory was enacted before the trials we are facing. This is guaranteed because our victory was established in the courts of heaven.So when there is a contest on the grounds of our victory or certain challenges come that try our faith we have a sure witness that was there when our victory was acomplished.Every victory of the believer is in the" past tense".Excuse my grammar but what i mean is that every victory was already given to us by Jesus. The bible says in 1 Peter 2:24 "who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed".

The scriptures say that there are three that bear witness in heaven;the father,the word,and the spirit and these three are one ,it also says that there are three that bear witness on the earth;the water,the blood and the spirit,these also are one.Remember the scriptures also say that Jesus is the representation or the manifestation of the Godhead bodily,therefore this implies that the witness in Heaven is Jesus manifested as the son of God and the witness on earth is Jesus manifested as the son of man.That was why blood and water flowed when he was crucified.Remember the  scriptures also say that he did not come by water alone but  by water and blood and he left us his spirit as our comforter.

We have this revelation as an anchor for the soul because the witness of the spirit of Jesus Christ is in every believer agreeing with our spirit that the word of God is true. That is why we always have confidence when there is an ocurrence contrary to our faith and against our well being we have peace, very deep peace because the spirit,who is the witness of the proceedings in heaven,the Spirit that was the performers of God"s word at creation,the spirit who also raised Jesus from the dead,the Spirit that is presently our" paraklet"and who the Bible says is the "deposit guarantee" of our  inheritance.(2 Cor 1:22, 2 Cor 5:5, Eph1:14) is in us and he begins to comfort our hearts and if we are attentive enough he begins to allow us into proceedings in heaven.

So brethren we have an anchor because the spirit bears witness with our spirit about everything we are passing through and more importantly the Bible tells us that the spirit searches all things even the deep things of God and opens our heart to the the things that are freely given to us by God.We have an anchor for the soul because the spirit gives timely divine information for our protection,counsel and guidiance. We are comforted that although we do not know everything we have comfort in all things because the witness of the Holy Spirit in our hearts is always true.