SCRIPTURE: 3 John 1-3 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. 2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 3 And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.
OBSERVATION: We become what we look at. When we are constantly looking into the face of God, when we are seeing Jesus for who He really is, we become like Him. So much so that when He comes, when we can see Him fully face to face, we will be fully like Him.
This passage tells us that this expectation, of seeing Jesus, keeps us desiring to be pure. It seems that the more ...(more)
OBSERVATION: We become what we look at. When we are constantly looking into the face of God, when we are seeing Jesus for who He really is, we become like Him. So much so that when He comes, when we can see Him fully face to face, we will be fully like Him.
This passage tells us that this expectation, of seeing Jesus, keeps us desiring to be pure. It seems that the more ...(more)
