_ has life; he who does not have the Son of God does _____________ have life.”To check your answer, see 1 John 5:12.Your Name: __________________________________________4Revelation of Hope Companion Resources6IT IS WRITTEN’SToday there’s a new revolution in psychoactive drugs. Soon there’ll be a pill for every prob-lem.Will we find all our answers in pharmaceuticals? Certainly psychoactive drugs are on a roll.One big reason is the Prozac phenomenon. After this anti-depressant went on the market, peoplebegan telling remarkable stories of how their lives had changed dramatically after taking the drug.And that made a lot of people wonder—if a pill can do all this, do we still need God? Do pillsdo what God cannot? Are psychoactive drugs going to make God obsolete in the 21 st century?Let’s take a closer look at exactly what God does in an individual’s life. Let’s see how theHoly Spirit works in our minds and compare that with what psychoactive drugs do. I think you’llbe amazed. There is a divine power which provides radical, life-transforming changes!Let’s turn to the Book of Revelation. Did you know that believers have one dominant imagein the Book of Revelation? They’re characterized in one way more than any other: God callsthem OVERCOMERS. Although Revelation pictures hard times and cataclysms in the end time, withevil powers like the dragon and beast warring against God’s people, believers OVERCOME. Believ-ersare delivered. Believers WIN! God’s instructive, illuminating refrain starts near the beginningof Revelation:Revelation 2:7 - “To him who OVERCOMES, I will give to eat from the tree of life.”Revelation 2:ll - “He who OVERCOMES shall not be hurt by the second death.”Revelation 2:17- “To him who OVERCOMES I will give some of the hidden manna to eat.”Revelation 2:26- “He who OVERCOMES . . . to him I will give power o...
