Abide: Week 26

Aug 8, 2011 by desiringvirtue

This Week’s Verse:

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.

Thoughts and Musings:

When we become Christians, we are not simply justified before the Holy God (as though that were not enough!). God doesn’t stop there, but instead through Christ’s wondrous work he makes us part of his family! He takes those who were his enemies and makes them his children. As redeemed people we have the incredible privilege of calling the Holy God father! Our identity is now mingled with his, which is precisely why we will find that the world is often as hostile toward us as it is toward our Heavenly Father.

Related Passages:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not parish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 ESV)

“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,” (John 1:2 ESV)

This post is part of an ongoing series called Abide: Memorizing 1 John. I have been memorizing 1 John for over 6 months now and you can read more entrees from this series by clicking here!

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