Sermon on Being a Child of God

Today our text will make clear to us that we are no longer just members of the “Jones family” the ___________ family, the _______________ family, but we are part of the family of God.  We are the children of God.

 

Mpt-Our identity is rooted in the fact that we are children of God, which is an extraordinary act of love by God to adopt us into His family.  This truth that we are the children of God affects our lives both now and for eternity.

 

1 John 3:1-3
1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.  The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

 

Children of God Sermon

“We are the children of God”

 

1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.  The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

*first question, what kind of love has the Father given to us?*

 and I will remember their sins no more.”

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

 

How vast is the sum of them!18If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.

This is the kind of Love the Father has given to us

 

 

 

    the Lord hears when I call to him.

 

 

139 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!

2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

    you discern my thoughts from afar.

3 You search out my path and my lying down

    and are acquainted with all my ways.

4 Even before a word is on my tongue,

    behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.

7“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name.

Back to the text (focus on second half of verse)

 

1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.  The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

 

***We have established the fact that if you are in Christ, the Father has adopted you as a son or daughter, the second half of this verse intimates that all are not children of God***

 

The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

 

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,[d] he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.

22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

 

*****In conclusion, how do we become children of God?****

1 John 3 Sermon Outlines

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