God's
Love Lavished Upon Us
How
great is the love the Father has Lavished on us,
That
we should be called Children of God!
And
that is what we are!
THE
REASON THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW US
IS
THAT IT DID NOT KNOW HIM.
2
Dear Friends, now we are Children of God,
And
what we will be has not yet been made known.
BUT
WE KNOW THAT WHEN HE APPEARS,
WE
WILL BE LIKE HIM,
FOR
WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS.
3
EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM
PURIFIES
HIMSELF, JUST AS HE IS PURE.
4
Everyone who Sins breaks the Law;
In
fact, Sin is Lawlessness.
5
But you know that He appeared
So
that He might take away our Sins.
AND
IN HIM IS NO SIN.
6
NO ONE WHO LIVES IN HIM KEEPS ON SINNING.
NO
ONE WHO CONTINUES TO SIN
HAS
EITHER SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM.
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;
Neither
is anyone who does not love his brother.
Love
One Another
11
THIS IS THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING:
We
should love one another.
12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One
And
Murdered his brother.
AND
WHY DID HE MURDER HIM?
Because
his own Actions were Evil
And
his brother's were Righteous.
13
DO NOT BE SURPRISED, MY BROTHERS,
IF
THE WORLD HATES YOU.
14
We know that we have passed from Death to Life,
Because
we love our brothers.
ANYONE
WHO DOES NOT LOVE REMAINS IN DEATH.
15
Anyone who Hates his brother is a Murderer,
And
you know that no Murderer has Eternal Life In Him.
16
THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WHAT LOVE IS:
Jesus
Christ laid down His life for us.
And
we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
17
If anyone has material possessions
And
sees his brother in need
But
has no Pity on him,
How
can the love of God be in him?
18
Dear Children, let us not love with words or tongue
But
with Actions.
19
This is how we know that we belong to the Truth,
And
how we set our heats at Rest in His Presence
20
Whenever our hearts Condemn us.
FOR
GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR HEARTS,
AND
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
21
Dear Friends, if our hearts do not Condemn us,
We
have Confidence before God
22
And receive from Him anything we ask,
BECAUSE
WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS
AND
DO WHAT PLEASES HIM.
23
AND THIS IS HIS COMMAND:
TO
BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST,
AND
TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS HE COMMANDED US.
24
THOSE WHO OBEY HIS COMMANDS LIVE IN HIM,
AND
HE IN THEM.
AND
THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THAT HE LIVES IN US;
WE
KNOW IT BY THE SPIRIT HE GAVE US.
(1
John 3)
No comments:
Post a Comment