Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 John 5:6-12
by: Joy Choquette.
What do plants need to grow—water, soil and sunlight. What do Christians need to believe—that Jesus is the Son of the living God. This passage says, “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (v.11, NIV). We need things to survive in life: water, food, rest, and protection from the elements are the bare essentials. But John tells us here that heaven is a myth if we do not believe in Jesus. Christ is the life-giver, not just for this life, but also the next.