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3What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we're called children of God! That's who we really are. But that's also why the world doesn't recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he's up to.G1492G4217G26G3962G1325G2254G2443G2564G5043G2316G1223G5124G2889G1097G2248G3756G3754G1097G846G3756 2But friends, that's exactly who we are: children of God. And that's only the beginning. Who knows how we'll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we'll see him—and in seeing him, become like him.G27G3568G2070G5043G2316G2532G5319G3768G5319G5101G2071G1161G1492G3754G1437G5319G2071G3664G846G3754G3700G846G2531G2076 3All of us who look forward to his Coming stay ready, with the glistening purity of Jesus' life as a model for our own.G2532G3956G2192G5026G1680G1909G846G48G1438G2531G1565G2076G53 4All who indulge in a sinful life are dangerously lawless, for sin is a major disruption of God's order.G3956G4160G266G4160G458G2532G458G2532G266G2076G458 5Surely you know that Christ showed up in order to get rid of sin. There is no sin in him, and sin is not part of his program.G2532G1492G3754G1565G5319G2443G142G2257G266G2532G1722G846G2076G3756G266 6No one who lives deeply in Christ makes a practice of sin. None of those who do practice sin have taken a good look at Christ. They've got him all backwards.G3956G3306G1722G846G264G3756G3956G264G3708G3756G3708G846G3761G1097G846 7So, my dear children, don't let anyone divert you from the truth. It's the person who acts right who is right, just as we see it lived out in our righteous Messiah.G5040G4105G3367G4105G5209G4160G1343G2076G1342G2531G1565G2076G1342 8Those who make a practice of sin are straight from the Devil, the pioneer in the practice of sin. The Son of God entered the scene to abolish the Devil's ways.G4160G266G2076G1537G1228G3754G1228G264G575G746G1519G5124G5207G2316G5319G2443G3089G2041G1228 9People conceived and brought into life by God don't make a practice of sin. How could they? God's seed is deep within them, making them who they are. It's not in the nature of the God-begotten to practice and parade sin.G3956G1080G1537G2316G4160G3756G266G3754G846G4690G3306G1722G846G2532G3756G1410G264G3754G1080G1537G2316 10Here's how you tell the difference between God's children and the Devil's children: The one who won't practice righteous ways isn't from God, nor is the one who won't love brother or sister. A simple test.G1722G5129G5043G2316G2076G5318G2532G5043G1228G3956G4160G3361G1343G2076G3756G1537G2316G2532G25G3361G846G80 11For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other.G3754G3778G2076G31G3739G191G575G746G2443G25G240 12We must not be like Cain, who joined the Evil One and then killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because he was deep in the practice of evil, while the acts of his brother were righteous.G3756G2531G2535G2258G1537G4190G2532G4969G846G80G2532G5484G5101G4969G846G3754G846G2041G2258G4190G1161G846G80G1342 13So don't be surprised, friends, when the world hates you. This has been going on a long time.G2296G3361G3450G80G1487G2889G3404G5209 14The way we know we've been transferred from death to life is that we love our brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love is as good as dead.G1492G3754G2249G3327G1537G2288G1519G2222G3754G25G80G25G3361G80G3306G1722G2288 15Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know very well that eternal life and murder don't go together.G3956G3404G846G80G2076G443G2532G1492G3754G3756G3956G443G2192G166G2222G3306G1722G846 16This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves.G1722G5129G1097G26G3754G1565G5087G846G5590G5228G2257G2532G2249G3784G5087G5590G5228G80 17If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God's love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.G1161G3739G302G2192G2889G979G2532G2334G846G80G2192G5532G2532G2808G846G4698G575G846G4459G3306G26G2316G1722G846

When We Practice Real Love

18My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love.G3450G5040G25G3361G25G3056G3366G1100G235G2041G2532G225 19This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality.G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1537G225G2532G3982G2257G2588G1715G846 20It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.G3754G1437G2257G2588G2607G3754G2316G2076G3187G2257G2588G2532G1097G3956 21And friends, once that's taken care of and we're no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we're bold and free before God!G27G3362G2257G2588G2607G2257G3362G2192G3954G4314G2316 22We're able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we're doing what he said, doing what pleases him.G2532G3739G1437G154G2983G3844G846G3754G5083G846G1785G2532G4160G701G846G1799 23Again, this is God's command: to believe in his personally named Son, Jesus Christ. He told us to love each other, in line with the original command.G2532G3778G2076G846G1785G2443G4100G3686G846G5207G2424G5547G2532G25G240G2531G1325G2254G1785 24As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.G2532G5083G846G1785G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G846G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G3306G1722G2254G1537G4151G3739G1325G2254


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