Little, or beloved children, let no man deceive you. In this important matter, by vain words, however serious and plausible they may seem to be. For a being, himself immutably holy, can never dispense with the want of holiness in his intelligent creatures. Focuses mostly on the concept of love. Because of His love, God not only calls us His children, He actually makes us His children. John also explains how sin, including hate, is never the result of a proper relationship with God. 1 John 3:4–10 strongly condemns sin, and leaves no excuse for it. While this warning is often interpreted as a ”litmus test” for salvation, John’s specific audience is actually Christian believers. For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. Let’s read Romans 7:21 – So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.In Roman’s 7 explores the relationship between the law of Moses and human sin. Paul insists that the law is how he came to know and understand sin, in general, and his own sin specifically. Our flesh so wants to contribute to our holiness. That is the flesh of self effort or trying to will ourselves into a state of righteousness. That cheapens what Christ did on the cross. And saying that only some of our sins were forgiven (the ones leading up to our asking God to forgive our sins), would make it to where Christ only died for some of our sins. If He died for only some of our sins, then the cross isn’t finished, and He would need to go back on it each day to die for more sins and future sins. Doesn’t make sense! Not at all! Just saying!
So we sin as children of God. We learn to hate sin more as we grow. He has covered ALL of our sins. Our will and self effort cannot save us or keep us saved. Finding my identity in Christ has been freedom from bondage. Saying NO to sin! Is totally awesome! Saying YES to righteousness is our freedom from self! The only thing that angers God is sin. In fact He hates it.
The Lord isn’t angry at Christians. He cannot be. You might ask how that can be?
It’s simple. The cross of Jesus and His shed blood was enough to satisfy His requirements for atoning for sin. Therefore because of Who He is and what He has done, nothing of us, He satisfied His demand. What God demands, only God can provide for. That’s why He is no longer angry with us. He cannot be. Even when we sin. I believe He says there she goes again! Will she ever learn not to sin? Don’t you think that when we do good and are growing in the Lord Jesus, He bless’s us and is very proud of us as we walk with Him.
It reads in Romans 3:25:
For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past.
It reads in
Romans 8:33
Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one, for God himself has given us right standing with himself.
I was reading 1 John 3 today (1st verse is my new sword for when I’m feeling attacked by the enemy). This part really confuses me though: 7) Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8) He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9) No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10) This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. Also, verse 15 reads: Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. This is the NIV, by the way.
So, as I read these verses, I really felt as if it’s stating that we don’t have eternal life if we sin, and if we continue to sin, we are not really Christians. It makes it sounds like works are necessary to have eternal life. But of course, we all continue to sin in some capacity, and because of God’s Grace and what Jesus did on the cross, we still have eternal life. Can I maybe clear up what the third chapter of 1 John focuses mostly on the concept of love? Because of His love, God not only calls us His children, but He also actually makes us His children. John also explains how sin, including hate, is never the result of a proper relationship with God.
{Let’s Pray
Father God, I thank You and praise You for Your word that helps me to grow in Your Goodness. I thank You and praise You that I am a child of God, and that the life of the risen Lord Jesus is dwelling within me. I believe as You assist me to live and work to Your praise, honor and glory. I will cast off the works of darkness and be clothed in the armor of light and right, so that others may see Christ working in and through me. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse}
The good man can look forward to happiness, while the wicked can expect wrath.
Proverbs 11:23
"Only Life Changes" 