What you believe affects how you act.  

This may sound obvious, but it’s worth saying as we look at our epistle reading today. 

1 John 5:4-11

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

If your faith says that Jesus is the Son of God and you’ve been born of God – born again – then it will have an effect on how you live.  Faith leads to change and action.  Therefore what you believe is very, very important.