How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Am I really saved?

Well, this is one of the most common questions our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, was asked throughout his ministry.

Welcome to Through the Bible. I'm your host Steve Schwetz, and if you've ever asked that question,

or maybe you know someone's struggling with it now, I think this study in 1 John Chapter 5 will provide great reassurance.

Now, in just a few moments, Dr. McGee will teach us

five birth marks that identify a person who has been born in the spirit. But first, Dr. McGee

begins a special introduction series about three of God's great character traits that we're

going to learn about in First John. The three traits are that God is light, God is love, and God is life.

Here's Dr. McGee with the first, God is light.

Before we leave, the first epistle of John, there is something that we must reemphasize.

This epistle is a small epistle, but it's a mighty might. It is like an atom bomb. It puts together

three of the great attributes of God and holds each in a right and equal relationship.

God is light. God is love. God is life. We actually know so little about each one of them. Now in our day,

we've discovered that God is love, and we've overemphasized it at the expense of the other two.

They must be held together in a proper relationship that two do not suffer at the expense of the other.

God is love, but we must not forget that God is light. Now, light speaks of the glory and the

beauty and the dazzling splendor of God.

Light drives out darkness and evil.

The Old Testament reveals that God hates sin and must remove it from his universe.

In other words, God is going to judge sinners who continue in sin and do not listen to him.

It is the opposite you see of darkness.

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