His Kids: What do you need to work on to show that you’re one of God’s kids? If you’re persisting in sin, what are you “telling” God? What are you telling yourself? The apostle John had ministered for a couple of decades among the Gentiles in the Roman province of Asia (modern-day Turkey). As he sat down to pen a letter to the believers that he loved and cared for, these words gushed out: See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are. It’s true: If we belong to God, we’re His kids. And John unfolds what that means: We have the image of Jesus, and one day we will dwell with Him. John writes, “We are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. We’re to keep ourselves pure, “just as he is pure. Since we’re God’s kids through salvation in Jesus, we shouldn’t persist in sin it goes against the new nature we’ve been given. John writes, Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. Notice John’s words: makes “a practice of sinning, the issue isn’t the occasional sin. Since we still battle a sin nature, we will all fall from time to time. But to persist in a sin doesn’t reflect God and His holiness we don’t look like His kids. John concludes: Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God. Instead, when we exhibit righteous and loving ways we show that we’re His kids!
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:09:11 +0000
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