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REVIEW OF I JOHN SO FAR. What is it like to “Fellowship?” I John 3:1-9. A common question: What is it like to. PATMOS. John tells us what it is like to “fellowship” It’s like a blessing from God one can’t forget.
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John tells us what it is like to “fellowship”It’s like a blessing from God one can’t forget
I AM IN GOD’S FAMILY1John 3:1 b....that we should be called children of God; and such we are...
BASED ON GOD’S LOVE1John 3:1a See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, ....
BEYOND THE GRASP OF HE WORLD1John 3:1c......For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
I WILL BE LIKE JESUS1John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is.
IT’S LIKE BEING CONSTANTLY CLEAN1John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
What is like, John, to “Fellowship”?“It is like ABIDING in Him”
SIN AND LAWLESSNESS1John 3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact sin is lawlessness (NIV)
“LAW” JOHN HAS IN MIND ? James 1:25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, .....Phil. 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, .....1Cor. 13:10 but when the perfect comes,.....Matt. 5:48 “Therefore you are to be perfect,
CHRIST’S RELATIONSHIP TO SINHE TOOK SIN AWAY1John 3:5a And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
WHERE IS ALL THIS GOING?1John 3:6No one who lives(abides) in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen Him or known Him (NIV)
John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit;
John, What is it like to “Fellowship”?IT IS LIKE ALL IS WELL WITH GOD
DON’T BE MISLEAD1John 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you; the one who (practices) righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;
“NOT RIGHT” IS FROM THE EVIL ONE1John 3:8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
JOHN GOES THIS FAR TO ADD1John 3:9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
IT’S NOT ABOUT TRYING HARDER