Have You Overcome the World Yet?

There are certain truths written in the Bible that are so simple, that they hardly need any commentary or explanations. One of those truths is in 1 John 5:5: "Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." John also wrote in his letter: "Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you." And he also wrote: "We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one." So here is the question every single human being still living on planet Earth has to answer today: Do you want to stay in the world which is under the control of the evil one, Satan, or do you want to overcome the world instead? It is a simple question; it really is. When you tune out the noise from the media and perhaps the people around you and just focus on this simple truth written thousands of years ago, it is so easy to see that there are only two kinds of people in the world: those who serve the one currently ruling the world, so that the world will love them, or those who have overcome the world, and that the world now hates.