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Child of God vs. Child of the Devil. 1 John 3:10. Children of God. 1) John 1:12 - It is a right given to us by God. 2) John 11:52 - We are part of God's family. 3) Rom 8:16 - We are heirs of God through adoption. 4) Rom 8:21 - We have been freed from the slave market of Sin.
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Child of God vs. Child of the Devil 1 John 3:10
Children of God 1) John 1:12 - It is a right given to us by God. 2) John 11:52 - We are part of God's family. 3) Rom 8:16 - We are heirs of God through adoption. 4) Rom 8:21 - We have been freed from the slave market of Sin. 5) Rom 9:8 - Our Family is an eternal one. 6) Phil 2:15 - We have family responsibilities (RFHC) 7) 1 John 3:1 - Our Father has a great love for us. 8) 1 John 3:2-3 - We have the immutable promise of resurrection. 9) 1 John 3:10 - There is a difference between us and the children of the devil, (i.e. live in righteousness or not) 10) 1 John 5:2 - We are to love God and His children by keeping His commandments.
Children of the Devil 1) John 8:44 a) Want to do the desires of their father (Satan) b) Are murders - physically and soulishly c) Do not stand in truth d) Are liars e) Speak from their own nature vs. wisdom from the Word and Spirit 2) Acts:13:10 a) Full of deceit and fraud b) An enemy of righteousness c) They pervert the Word of God
Children of the Devil • 3) 1 John 3:4-18 • a) Practice sin and lawlessness (against God's Word), vs 4 & 8 • b) Do not practice impersonal / unconditional love, vs 10 & 14 • c) Are murders - physically, vs 12 • d) Their works and deeds are from themselves vs from God, vs 12 • e) Haters and murders - soulishly (gossip, malign, slander), vs 15 • f) Do not help others in need, vs 17 • g) Possess pseudo love - all talk and no action, flatterers and hypocrites, vs 18 • 4) 1 John 3:14b, They live in their spiritually dead state.