GOD'S LOVE LAVISHED UPON US

 

1 John 3:1-10

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.

(1 John 3:1-10)