Category: 1 John 3
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Fashions
1 John 3:2-3 “Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as He is pure.” Isn’t it interesting how fashions change over the years? I recall when I…
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Love’s Acts
1 John 3:16 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” Sometimes the dictionary is not the best place to go for a definition. This morning I looked up the word “love.” This is how the dictionary…
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A Glorious Promise!
1 John 3:2 “Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him.” Is there someone in your life that you look up to as a wonderful example? Is there anyone that you wish you were more like?…
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We Shall Be Like Him!
Philippians 3:7-9 “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain…
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What do you really want?
1 John 3:22-23 “and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.” In the verses above it seems to say that when we pray, we receive…
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How WE Know if We Love
1 John 3:16-18 “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children,…
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Our Reasons Why
1 John 3:1 “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” Do you think much about why you do what you do or think what you think? There are obviously lots of motivations for our life. The motivations for…
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Signs of Life
1 John 3:14 “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.” Are you dead or alive – spiritually, that is? The Bible teaches us that at the time of our birth, when our physical life begins, we are dead, spiritually. …
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Perspective: it affects everything
1 John 3:23 “Love one another, just as he has commanded us.” Are you more concerned about the love of others towards you or your love towards them? There’s a vast difference between these two perspectives. One difference is that one is a direct command of God, the other is a sinful tendency and our…
To Encourage You 