I. Parentage of the Believer (1 John 3:1)
A. Manifestation of His love
1. John 1:12-13, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”
2. Romans 8:14-17, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”
B. Denunciation of His children
1. John 1:10-11, “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not”
2. John 15:18, “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.”
3. 1 John 3:13
II. Prospect of the Believer (1 John 3:2)
A. Absolute Knowledge
1. 1 Corinthians 13:12, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known”
B. Alteration of the Body
1. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 READ
III. Purity of the Believer (1 John 3:3)
A. Motivation for Purity
1. Parentage
2. Prospect
B. Model of Purity - God
