What is the first and primary evidence of our acceptance with God?
“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son. . . . And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.” 1 John 5:9-11. NOTE.-The primary basis of all faith and acceptance is the word of God, – that which God Himself has said. To receive and believe this is the first essential to salvation, – the first evidence of acceptance. 4. Why did John write his testimony concerning God’s love and purpose in giving Christ? “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” Verse 13. “These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name.” John 20:31. 5. What witness does the true believer in Christ have that he is accepted of God? “He that believeth on the Son
