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Read This Week & Study: Gen. 3:5; Ps. 51:4; Isa. 1:2; John 1:12; Heb. 9:26, 28; 1 John 3:1-10.
Memory Text:
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him" (1 John 3:1, NIV).
A new convert came to see the preacher and said: "No matter how much I pray, no matter how hard I try, I simply cannot seem to be faithful to my Lord. I think I'm losing my salvation." The preacher responded, "Do you see this dog here? He is my dog. He is house-trained; he never makes a mess; he is obedient; he is a pure delight to me. Out in the kitchen I have a son, a baby son. He makes a mess, he throws his food around, he fouls his clothes, he is a total mess. But who is going to inherit my legacy? Not my dog; my son is my heir. You are Jesus Christ's heir because it is for you that He died." We are children of God and heirs of His kingdom, not through our perfection but by His grace.
What does it mean to be a "son of God?" In what ways should we want to be "like God"? How does John define "sin"? What did Jesus do about sin at His first coming? How are we to understand John's words that the one who is born of God "does not sin" (1 John 3:9, NKJV)?
Memory Text:
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him" (1 John 3:1, NIV).
A new convert came to see the preacher and said: "No matter how much I pray, no matter how hard I try, I simply cannot seem to be faithful to my Lord. I think I'm losing my salvation." The preacher responded, "Do you see this dog here? He is my dog. He is house-trained; he never makes a mess; he is obedient; he is a pure delight to me. Out in the kitchen I have a son, a baby son. He makes a mess, he throws his food around, he fouls his clothes, he is a total mess. But who is going to inherit my legacy? Not my dog; my son is my heir. You are Jesus Christ's heir because it is for you that He died." We are children of God and heirs of His kingdom, not through our perfection but by His grace.
What does it mean to be a "son of God?" In what ways should we want to be "like God"? How does John define "sin"? What did Jesus do about sin at His first coming? How are we to understand John's words that the one who is born of God "does not sin" (1 John 3:9, NKJV)?
God Bless! Betty