Living by the Book, requires giving by the Book. If we would truly be a people of the Book, we must be a people of giving. We teach and preach about giving because giving becomes a worshipful faith response to God's Word, once we know what God's Word actually reveals about giving-

Being a child of God is never based upon feelings, but upon facts. Blessed assurance as God's child does not depend upon subjective claims, but upon objective conduct. For this reason, the Holy Spirit leads the apostle John to put our relationship as God's child to the test-

Being a child of God is never based upon feelings, but upon facts. Our confidence and assurance as children of God does not depend upon subjective claims, but upon objective conduct. For this reason, the Holy Spirit leads the apostle John to put our relationship as God's child to the test. How do we know that we are a child of God, and how do we measure the claims of others-

Scripture reveals that God's child enjoys an unbreakable relationship- God's child stands secure, not in a practice but in a PERSON- not in religion but in a RELATIONSHIP- WHO Jesus is and WHAT Jesus does is our security- So, who is Jesus and what does He do for every child of God alone-

In exploring what it means to be God's child we need to review where we have been and then revisit where we are now. By doing so we gain a comprehensive perspective of God's view of what being His child means-

We often speak about and sing about being the children of God. And we should since there is no higher and holier honor than to be called God's child- But what does it mean to be God's CHILD- What is so special about being a CHILD of God- Today's text reveals what it means to be a CHILD of God.

Where there is phoniness there is NO fellowship- True fellowship demands genuineness- Relating with God requires us to be REAL- Christ cannot commune with counterfeits- Every Christians greatest hurdle is hypocrisy- We must kill hypocrisy, or hypocrisy will kill us---

Christianity has lost public confession. Just as God designed private confession for the sake of forgiveness- He designed public confession for the sake of freedom- We need to rediscover public confession-

The greatest problem in today's culture and church is that we see ourselves too big and God too small- In our depraved desire for autonomy we have exalted ourselves above the Most-High- We need to return to SOVEREIGNTY- We need to rediscover THE KING-

Transition is the great test of every Christian and of every Church- Transition challenges the Christian and the Church to the core- Most Christians and most Churches flag, faulter, and fail in the crucible of transition because they are ignorant of, or indifferent to God's principles of transitioning triumphantly- God not only wants us to transition, He wants us to transition triumphantly. We learn this by looking at Israel-