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Introduction
This text will tell us whether you’re a child of God or the Devil.
We get one overall truth & 2 key words (manifest, child of God)
Has not see God ()
Does not know God ()
Deceives people ()
by telling them that sin is okay
Commits sin ()
Does not practice righteousness ()
Does not love others (1 John 3:10)
Child of God
The word child of God appears: 6 times in the text (and 2 times he says little children)
The word child of God means: “born again”
it is interesting to me that only John & Peter say born again but when Paul speaks of the same things he says “adoption” (, ; ; ; ) & James (Jesus brother) just says “birth” (cf. ) or “bringing forth”
“birth” (cf. ) or “bringing forth”
“adoption” (cf.
, ; ; ; )
Utley, Robert James.
The Beloved Disciple’s Memoirs and Letters: The Gospel of John, I, II, and III John.
Volume 4. Marshall, Texas: Bible Lessons International, 1999.
Print.
Study Guide Commentary Series.
Here we learn 9 things about a child of God:
A child of God abides ()
John 8:31
If we abide we wont be ashamed when Jesus comes back
TERMS USED FOR CHRIST’S RETURN
pass out handout “ TERMS USED FOR CHRIST’S RETURN”
Utley, Robert James.
The Beloved Disciple’s Memoirs and Letters: The Gospel of John, I, II, and III John.
Volume 4. Marshall, Texas: Bible Lessons International, 1999.
Print.
Study Guide Commentary Series.
A child of God practices righteousness (; ; )
Every family has a characteristic....(something that makes your family unique, special).
The characteristic of God’s family is righteousness.
What is righteousness?
A decree of God
It is sanctification… God working in you to be made more like Him (sanctification lit.
- to make holy”)
Pass out handout “righteousness/sanctification”
It is by God’s love that we are called a child of God ()
I find this part very unique because it is right in the middle of a bunch of things a child of God has to do to be a child of God....
It is only by the love of God that we can repent of our sin (
The world does not know a child of God ()
because the world did not know Him
Jesus says again and again that the world does not know Him (, ; , ;
Jesus says again and again that the world does not know Him (cf.
, ; , ;
A child of God will be like Jesus when He is revealed ()
we are to be Christ-like (; ; ; and
; ; ; and
A child of God purifies himself ()
Ezek
Jesus takes away sin ()
A child of God does not sin (, )
A child of God loves others ()
Child of the Devil
Here we learn 6 things about a child of the Devil:
Has not see God ()
Does not know God ()
Does not know God ()
Deceives people ()
Deceives people ()
by telling them that sin is okay
Commits sin ()
Commits sin ()
Does not practice righteousness ()
Does not practice righteousness ()
Does not love others ()
Does not love others ()
Summary
The overall truth that John is trying to point out here is seen three times in this section: a child of God practices righteousness (; ; )
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