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1 John 5: 6

He, Jesus Christ, who came to us as man has been confirmed in two ways as the Son of God at his baptism and his sacrificial death – in other words, by water and by blood. Mind you, not only through the water, but by water and by blood. And confirmation of the Spirit of God, and the Spirit is the truth.

He came!

From “faith” said John as from the victory over the world. But this is not just any general or indeterminate faith. John thinks in any way, that faith as our function representing a world overcomers force. This force is in the content of our faith, in nature and person of him to whom we trust.

The “Gekommensein” Jesus is as such already decisive fact of salvation. “I came … ..” how many times has Jesus himself said. But the “Gekommensein” a Savior spoke the Gnostics. But they saw it a completely different shape in front of him as the Christ, the preaching the Apostles. Therefore must be clearly understood what he “come” is and how his coming happened. Two dominant traits raises Johannes forth: Jesus came “by water” and he has come “by blood”.

What does that mean?

The Apostle thus points to two historical events in the life of Jesus: the baptism and the Cross. We have all seen unilaterally in Christendom to the birth of the Savior and made it to the base of the first great feast of the Christian year.

Well also sets Johannes crucial importance that Christ wholly born a real man and come “in the flesh” is (1 John 4.2). But of great importance to him, and the baptism of Jesus, which we hardly notice. We should keep in mind how much she has complied with God himself. Just after the baptism Jesus follows the testimony of God. “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Mt 3:17; Lk 3:22; Mk 3:11). And all four Gospels tell us how Jesus in baptism the Spirit like a dove from heaven and floated on Jesus settled as the special equipment for his work.

So taught the same living with John Gnostic Cerinthus that the spiritual, supernatural Christ has come in the form of dove at the baptism in the man Jesus, but left him before his death, leaving only the man Jesus died. Here the Christ had indeed been only “by water”. The event of baptism would be really decisive during the death of the cross, which would have “blood”, only the man Jesus affected and no saving significance. This was the real meaning of baptism Jesus which already pointed to his dying between two thieves on the cross, totally misunderstood. Therefore Johannes concrete expressly: “not by water only, but by water and blood.”

Because “in the blood” is perfected only what was started in the “water” of Jesus. Only the inner solidarity is documented with sinners not only here their sentences carried bodily in bloody sacrifices.

Pray for the work of the Holy Spirit in your life, that he is guiding you in all your ways and leads. That he built up and makes you strong.

God’s protection, blessings and peace

Pastor Lionheart (Thorsten Wurm)