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“/W/e Shall Be Like /H/im”
“1John 3:1-3”
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Our Position – 3:1
A. Chosen by the Father (Eph.1:5)
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God predestined us to adoption as sons.
/a) //Just as He chose Israel to be His special people (Deut.7:8),
He also chose the church, family of God./
1) /agape/ love seeks to meet the needs of others (John 15:13).
/(a) /Christ is our Lord, we are His servants & He even calls us friends (Jn.15:15)
2.
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us.
/a) //Loves origin, “The Father”/
1) God is love (1Jn.4:8,
16)
/(a) /Love is not caused by us (Rom.5:8,
1Jn.4:8-10)
/b) //Love’s objects, “On us”/
1) It is amazing that God even thinks of me (Ps.8:4,
Heb.2:6)
2) I cannot merit it (Eph.2:8-9)
/c) //The Love of God is “unique”/
1) “What manner of love, what quality of love,” or “from what country,” is this kind of love.
/(a) /Mark 4:39-41
/(b) /2Peter 3:11
3.
That we should be called children of God…now we are children of God (1Jn.3:1,2)
/a) //We were rebels, aliens, children of wrath (Eph.2:1-3)/
1) We have been /transformed, /not reformed (2Cor.5:17),
being born a second time (Jn.3:3)
/(a) /I have “received a spirit of adoption” (Rom.8:15).
/(b) /God is no longer my judge but my Father
/(c) /I now come to Him with confidence (Heb.4:14-16),
knowing He will here my prayers (Jn.11:42)
B.
Hated by the World (v.1)
1.
The world did not know Jesus; therefore, it will not know us.
/a) //The world hated Jesus therefore it will hate us (Jn.15:18-21)./
1) /If the world loves you something is wrong!/
/(a) /The world will do these things because it has not known the Father nor Jesus (Jn.16:3)
1. Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-2
2. Philippians 3:6 Paul thought he was offering God service (Gal.1:13)
2.
The man born blind (John 9:1-41)
/a) //His parents feared the Jews (v.22)/
1) /They reviled him (v.28)
Jesus said you are blessed (Luke 6:22)/
/(a) /They do not know where Jesus is from (v.29 cf.
Jn.1:10)
/(b) /Therefore they cast him out (v.34)
1. John 15:20… Philippians 1:29… 1Thess.3:3…
1Peter 4:12-16…
II.
Our Potential – 3:2
A. Anticipation…”It has not yet been revealed what we shall be.”
1.
When we believe in Christ, we inherit Christ.
/a) //Believers enter into an eternal oneness with Christ, Christ Himself indwells in us (Col.1:27)./
1) Jesus prayed to the Father “that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them, and You in Me” (Jn.17:22-23)
2.
A great day awaits for God’s people (Col.3:4)
/a) //The Nature of the Resurrection Body./
1) /We will neither marry or be given in marriage (Matt.22:30)/
/(a) /Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1Cor.15:50)
1.
Our bodies must be specially suited for the eternal state of existence
2. Our present bodies are not suited for the eternal existence.
3. Our present bodies will cease and the needs of it in the life to come.
4. Our bodies after the resurrection will retain human form
a. /John 20:27—the wounds from his crucifixion were still visible/
b. /Luke 24:39—He was not a phantom—He looked human in every regard/
c. /Luke 24:13-18—the disciples never questioned His humanity after His resurrection/
d. /Luke 24:42-43—He ate real, earthly food/
e. /John 20:19-28—Yet-His body could pass through solid walls/
f. /Luke 24:36—He could suddenly appear out of no where/
g. /Luke 25:41; Acts 1:9—He could ascend directly into heaven in bodily form/
h. /Philippians 3:21—Our bodies will be like that—“Christ will transform our body that it may be conformed to His” /
/(b) /Our bodies will be a glorified likeness of what it was on earth
/(c) /We will not only recognize our friends, but, without introduction, the prophets, apostles, confessors, and martyrs of whom we have read or heard about while on earth.
1. Moses and Elias were recognized by the disciples (Matt.17:4)
2. We are to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven (Matt.8:11)
/(d) /Our Future bodies will be incorruptible never to decay (1Cor.15:42)
/(e) /Our future bodies will be a resurrected body of glory & power (1Cor.15:43)
3. Therefore, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58).
B. Completed…“when He is reveled…”
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We shall see Him as He is
/a) //Men at war long to see their children, not through pictures, but face to face one day./
1) /We have never seen Jesus, but God has given us pictures of Him in the four gospels./
/(a) /Some day our faith will turn to sight (1Peter 1:8)
/(b) /One day we will see Him face to face (1Cor.13:12)
/(c) /Matt.5:8
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
1.
We will see the Father, Son, & the Holy Spirit.
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Not with our bodily eyes, because God is invisible (1Tim.1:17)
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But with the eyes of our understanding, being blessed with the most full, perfect, and clear knowledge of God, and of divine things.
2.
We shall be like Him (Rom.8:29)
/a) //To be conformed into the image of God’s Son means:/
1) /Glorification in body (Phil.3:20-21)/
/(a) /to be adopted as a son of God (Eph.1:5).
/(b) /to be holy and without blame before Him (Eph.1:4;
4:24).
/(c) /to bear the image of the heavenly: which is an incorruptible, immortal body (1Cor.15:49-54;
cp.
1Cor.15:42-44).
/(d) /to possess a perfect body and being (1Cor.15:51-57)
/(e) /to be recreated just like Him (1 John 3:2-3).
/This means that blind people will see Him, lame people will walk, deaf people will hear, those who are mute will talk./
/There will be no deficiency, no disease, no death, in our new heavenly bodies.
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/b) //Purity of Character./
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