'A Purifying Hope.'
1 John 3:1-3.
a) 1 John 3:1. We can see what manner of Love the Heavenly Father has given to us in that we should be called His Children.
b) 1 John 3:1. The people of the World system do not know us because they also did not know Him.
c) 1 John 3:2. Beloved, now we are God's Children.
d) 1 John 3:2. It has not yet been revealed what we shall be.
e) 1 John 3:2. We know that, when He is revealed we shall be like Him.
f) 1 John 3:2. We shall then see Him as He is.
g) 1 John 3:3. Everyone who has this Hope in them purifies themselves.
h) ! John 3:3. Just as He is Pure.
(This QT reveals to me A Purifying Hope)
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'God Is Faithful And Reliable.'
Hebrews 10:23.
a) We need to hold fast.
b) To the Confession of our Hope.
c) We should not waver.
d) God, Who made the Promise, is Faithful and Reliable.
(This Second one assures me that God Is Faithful And Reliable)
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Chris.
One of the Assurances that the True Believer has is the Assurance of being a Child of God. This is a very wonderful and yet humbling assurance. It is wonderful in that we can truthfully say that we belong to God. It is humbling because we are yet children, however 'mature' we think that we are as True Believers, the fact is that we are still children, God's Children.
