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Verse 1c: The World Does Not Know Us See what great 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. One of the realities of our adoption and regeneration as the children of God is …
INTRODUCTION: Vision for Christian Life Opening Prayer: Ephesians 3:16–19 (CSB) — 16 I pray that he may grant [us], according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in [our] inner being through his Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell in [our] hearts through faith. I pray that [we], being rooted …
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Verse 1b: God’s Children See what great 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. This clear vision of God’s love completely regenerates and renews his children and changes them from the inside-out the …
Chapter 3: The Children of God The third chapter and center of John’s epistle brings us to the source of our gospel: the love of God. This epistle unfolds the word of life and illuminates the fellowship that believers have with their heavenly Father through the body of Christ in the promised Holy Spirit with …
Deuteronomy 18:9–14 (CSB) — “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. 10 No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, 11 cast spells, consult a medium or …
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If you know that he is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of him. An important break in thought occurs as John introduces a new topic – “the tests for knowing the children of God” – and brings his attention away from the false teachers and …
God is offended by the kind of religion that makes room for both "the world" and "Christ"; he does not accept the prayers of those who continue in iniquity. Instead, God gives us greater grace in Christ so that we can cleanse our hands, purify our hearts, and humbly draw near to him through Christ.
So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming. This verse makes the transition from concern about false teachers that has dominated the previous chapter to concern for the children of God, which will dominate the remaining chapters. “Remain …
1st John 2:18–27 (CSB) Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. By this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, …
Verse 27c: Remain in Him As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. There is only one …
A Dedicated Faith 