The apostle John has proclaimed a glorious truth for us to hear. “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and so we are” (1 John 3:1 ESV). We have been placed into an amazing, undeserved relationship with the Father, being called his children. We noticed in 1 John 3:3 that everyone who has this hope of enjoying the fullness of this relationship when Jesus returns purifies himself. Seeing what kind of the love the Father has for us that we are children of God is the motivation for us to purify our lives. What John is going to express to us now is the power of God’s love to change and purify us. The apostle John wants us to know that we have eternal life (cf. 1 John 5:13). So he is going to describe what the children of God do and do not do with the Father’s love. This will be a difficult lesson but I ask you to stay with the lesson to the end to hear the message that God has for each one of us. Please open your copies of God’s word to 1 John 3 and we are going to spend our time considering verses 4-10…

To read more of this lesson click here.

The post The Power of Love (1 John 3:4-10) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.