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"Practicing Love"
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1 John 3:2-12 NIV—Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been…
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"Uses promptos facit" = Use makes perfect = Practice makes perfect = Only perfect practice makes perfect
Someday we will SEE our TEACHER
1. Seeing Jesus TRANSFORMS us bringing us HOPE
2. Seeing Jesus SANCTIFIES us
He loves us enough to not leave us where we are. He wants us to become more and more like Him.
1. Seeing Jesus TRANSFORMS us bringing us HOPE
2. Seeing Jesus SANCTIFIES us
He loves us enough to not leave us where we are. He wants us to become more and more like Him.
Habitual sinning vs Habitual seeing
1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness
a. Complacency ⏬
b. Carelessness ⏬
c. Callousness ⏬
1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness
a. Complacency ⏬
b. Carelessness ⏬
c. Callousness ⏬
1 John 3:7
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.
3. Seeing Jesus leads to RIGHT-LIVING
- Righteousness = "state of him who is as he ought to be."
- Genesis 3:4
- Ezekiel 28:12
- Righteousness = "state of him who is as he ought to be."
- Genesis 3:4
- Ezekiel 28:12
4. Seeing Jesus SETS US APART
1John 3:8 "...The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work."
a. to DESTROY the devil’s work
- Destroy = to unbind, to dissolve, to loosen
- Are YOU working with or against Him in ⏫
1John 3:8 "...The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work."
a. to DESTROY the devil’s work
- Destroy = to unbind, to dissolve, to loosen
- Are YOU working with or against Him in ⏫
b. by HIS SEED in us which EMPOWERS us
c. to LOVE
- Selfless, grace-filled, extravagant, sacrificial, outrageous, mind-blowing
--- not defined by the world that's very conditional
c. to LOVE
- Selfless, grace-filled, extravagant, sacrificial, outrageous, mind-blowing
--- not defined by the world that's very conditional
Practicing Evil vs Practicing Righteousness
Gen 4:3-9 A tale of two brothers:
Gen 4:3-9 A tale of two brothers:
- Cain - A Disciple of the Evil One, ignored brother's example, ignored God's guidance, jealousy, pride, rage.
- Abel - A Disciple of the Righteous One, seeds of faith, humility, submission. A picture of who Jesus would be.
- Abel - A Disciple of the Righteous One, seeds of faith, humility, submission. A picture of who Jesus would be.
Abel was a display of what's to come. Or what would become in Jesus.
Ephesians 5:8b, 10 “Live as children of light … and find out what pleases the Lord.”
Confess...
Complacency to God's work in you
Carelessness towards others
Callousness toward God
Confess...
Complacency to God's work in you
Carelessness towards others
Callousness toward God
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