1 John 3:1-24

Contents: God's love magnified and the believer exhorted to holiness. Brotherly love urged. How our hearts may be assured before God.

Characters: God, Christ, Satan, Cain, John.

Conclusion: It is a wonderful and condescending love of the Father that we, who by nature are heirs of sin, guilt and the curse, should be called the sons of God and given such hopes in Christ. It is a contradiction to such love and hope to live in sin and impurity. Purity, love and a clear conscience toward God are marks of our transition into this state of life.

Key Word: Purity, 1 John 3:3. Love, 1 John 3:14.

Strong Verses: 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 3:3; 1 John 3:5; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 3:16; 1 John 3:17; 1 John 3:18; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 3:24.

Striking Facts: 1 John 3:2-3. The time of the revelation of the sons of God in their proper state and in bodies like unto His glorious body, awaits the second coming of Christ. This is the purifying hope of the church which engages all believers to the prosecution of holy living that they might be in readiness to meet Him unashamed at His coming.