2. Children of the Father
1 John 3:1-9

3. 1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

4. a Child Heavenly Father?
What does it mean to be
a Child
of the
Heavenly Father?

5. 1 John 3:1-9

6. 1. Destined for Christ
“See” (1)

7. 1. Destined for Christ
“See” (1)
“when He appears” (2)

8. 1. Destined for Christ “See” (1) “when He appears” (2)
“He appeared” (5,8)

9. “we are now… and we know… we shall be”
1. Destined for Christ
“See” (1)
“when He appears” (2)
“He appeared” (5,8)
“we are now… and we know… we shall be” A Z

10. 2. Different from the Devil

11. 2. Different from the Devil
Different Pattern (7-8)
Lifestyle of Obedience

12. 2. Different from the Devil
Different Pattern (7-8)
Lifestyle of Obedience
Different Pursuit (2-3)
Actively chasing purity

13. 2. Different from the Devil
Different Pattern (7-8)
Lifestyle of Obedience
Different Pursuit (2-3)
Actively chasing purity
Different Power (9)
Cannot continue in Sin

14. “See” Certainty of Heaven Sins removed Life restored
Changed patterns, pursuits, power

15. See Certainty of Heaven Sins removed Life restored
Changed patterns, pursuits, power
The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(1)

16. no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.(6)
Certainty of Heaven
Sins removed
Life restored
Changed patterns, pursuits, power
no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.(6)

17. See
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us…
(1 John 1:8-2:2)

18. See
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
(1 John 1:8-2:2)