LOVE & WAR LOVE & WAR

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LOVE & WAR

LOVE & WAR

CHILD OF GOD

CHILD OF GOD

FEBRUARY 4, 2018 1 JOHN 2:28-3:10

FEBRUARY 4, 2018 1 JOHN 2:28-3:10

BIG MOVE: Stand CONFIDENTLY in your identity as a CHILD of God.

BIG MOVE: Stand CONFIDENTLY in your identity as a CHILD of God.

1. BOLDNESS with God.

1. BOLDNESS with God.

2. TRANSFORMED by hope.

2. TRANSFORMED by hope.

3. ZEAL for righteousness.

3. ZEAL for righteousness.

“If you are a child of the living God, there has to be some evidences. If God’s seed abides in you, you have to look more and more like God.”

PULPIT CURRICULUM 1 JOHN 2:28-3:10

“If you are a child of the living God, there has to be some evidences. If God’s seed abides in you, you have to look more and more like God.”

PULPIT CURRICULUM 1 JOHN 2:28-3:10

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d What are you tempted to believe about your identity? How are those things different from being called a child of God? ________________________________________________________ John’s writes “and so we are” as a bold declaration of our adoption in Christ. How does this new identity change and redefine every part of who we are? ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Why does John immediately move from our identity in Christ to our mission for God (v. 2)? How does love establish security for the mission? ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

What are you tempted to believe about your identity? How are those things different from being called a child of God? _____________________________________________________________ John’s writes “and so we are” as a bold declaration of our adoption in Christ. How does this new identity change and redefine every part of who we are? _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Why does John immediately move from our identity in Christ to our mission for God (v. 2)? How does love establish security for the mission? ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

We are identified as children of God in the here and now, but God also promises His children a hope-filled future as well. Verses 2-3 say, “But we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies Himself as He is pure.” This means that hope is what is promised when Jesus appears – He is returning to take away sin, to wipe away every tear, to give us heavenly bodies, and to usher in a new heaven and a new earth. Is your life being transformed by this kind of hope? Mark where you are below.

We are identified as children of God in the here and now, but God also promises His children a hope-filled future as well. Verses 2-3 say, “But we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies Himself as He is pure.” This means that hope is what is promised when Jesus appears – He is returning to take away sin, to wipe away every tear, to give us heavenly bodies, and to usher in a new heaven and a new earth. Is your life being transformed by this kind of hope? Mark where you are below.

Without hope for the past, present, and future

Believing “Perfect God, Perfect future, Perfecting me”

Without hope for the past, present, and future

Believing “Perfect God, Perfect future, Perfecting me”

Based on what number you marked above, what does this say about your confidence in your identity as a child of God? ________________________________________________________ One mark of God’s children is that they do not make a practice of sinning. Take some time and evaluate your life. Are you practicing sinning or practicing righteousness? _________________________ _________________________________________________________________

Based on what number you marked above, what does this say about your confidence in your identity as a child of God? _________________________________________________________ One mark of God’s children is that they do not make a practice of sinning. Take some time and evaluate your life. Are you practicing sinning or practicing righteousness? _____________________________ __________________________________________________________________

Some in your group may be enslaved to a pattern of sin. This does not necessarily mean they’re not Christians (see 1 John 1:8–10), only that they need encouragement and support to help overcome it. This week may be a good time to bring up these matters with individuals in your group and encourage

Some in your group may be enslaved to a pattern of sin. This does not necessarily mean they’re not Christians (see 1 John 1:8–10), only that they need encouragement and support to help overcome it. This week may be a good time to bring up these matters with individuals in your group and encourage them to seek

them to seek Christ for deliverance and support. Challenge your group to consider how they can love one another through the process of repentance. Go before the Lord in repentance even now. Remember the Father’s love, your unrighteousness to God, and pray for a fresh zeal for righteousness in your time of confession. WEEK 6: DAY 2: Deut. 6 DAY 4: Deut. 28 DAY 6: Catch Up/Reflection DAY 1: Deut. 5 DAY 3: Deut. 7-8 DAY 5: Deut. 30 DAY 7: Catch Up/Reflection

Christ for deliverance and support. Challenge your group to consider how they can love one another through the process of repentance. Go before the Lord in repentance even now. Remember the Father’s love, your unrighteousness to God, and pray for a fresh zeal for righteousness in your time of confession. WEEK 6: DAY 2: Deut. 6 DAY 4: Deut. 28 DAY 6: Catch Up/Reflection DAY 1: Deut. 5 DAY 3: Deut. 7-8 DAY 5: Deut. 30 DAY 7: Catch Up/Reflection