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1. I am writing these things so that The Letters of John Life Light First John 2:28-3:3 Page 1035 in Pew Bibles Love Confidence Born of God That you may know

2. First John 2:28-3:3 • So now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have boldness and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. • If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

3. Chapter 3 • Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn't know Him.

4. Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is. • And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.

5. What It Means to Be a Child of God First John 2:28-3:3 Page 1035 in Pew Bibles

6. What It Means to Be a Child of God >

7. Children of God • More Special than by Virtue of Creation • Acts 17:28 “For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.’” • Not the Devil’s Children • John 8:44 “You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires.” >

8. God’s Children by Adoption • Ephesians 1:5 “He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself” • Galatians 4:5-6, Message “Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, ‘Papa! Father!’” >

9. God’s Children Through a New Birth • John 1:12-13 “But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.” >

10. 1. A New Nature • 2:29 “If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.” • The new birth is a life-changing experience Vs >

11. 1st John 2:4-6 • “The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ without keeping His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God is perfected. This is how we know we are in Him: the one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.” >

12. Warren Wiersbe Abraham lied about his wife. Moses lost his temper and disobeyed God. Peter denied the Lord three times. But sin was not the settled practice of these men. It was an incident in their lives, totally contrary to their normal habits. And when they sinned, they admitted it and asked God to forgive them. An unsaved person (even if he professes to be a Christian but is a counterfeit) lives a life of habitual sin. Sin—especially the sin of unbelief—is the normal thing in his life. He has no divine resources to draw on. His profession of faith, if any, is not real. . >

13. 2. A New Standing • 3:1 “Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn't know Him.” >

14. 2. A New Standing • 3:1 “Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn't know Him.” KJV: “What manner of love…?” Literally, “Of what country?” Wow! Where did this come from? >

15. Our Present Standing • 3:2 “Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is.” >

16. Why Doesn’t the World Recognize this Standing? • 3:1 “Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn't know Him.” The Message: “But that's also why the world doesn't recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he's up to.” . >

17. 3. A New Future • 3:2 “Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is.” HL >

18. Future • 3:2 “Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is.” Q >

19. Martyn Lloyd-Jones “But all our unhappiness is ultimately to be traced back to this, that we are looking at things that are happening to us, instead of looking at the vision that is held out there before us. It is because we do not see ourselves as children of God… we live too much with the things immediately in front of us instead of putting everything into the context of our standing and of our destiny.” HL >

20. Our Future Condition • 3:2 “Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is.” >

21. We Will Be Like Him • Transformed Physically • Freed from aging, disease, death • Transformed Emotionally • Healed of every kind of hurt • Freed for true love and complete joy • Transformed Spiritually • Freed from the last remaining sin in us • Given the capacity to experience & enjoy God completely . >

22. 4. A New Motivation • 3:3 “And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.” >

23. Purification • Commences with the new birth • Continues in the growth process • Completed at the return of Christ . .