When you believe on the Lord Jesus. God seals you, places w-in you, His Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is His -gift- to you -if you will-, to seal you, to strengthen you, to encourage - aid you in your walk with Jesus until you stand before Him face to face.

When you believe on the Lord Jesus. God seals you, places w/in you, His Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is His "gift" to you (if you will), to seal you, to strengthen you, to encourage & aid you in your walk with Jesus until you stand before Him face to face.

Drawing near to Go What it does and does not look like Luke 15:11-32

Comparing - contrasting. That's what John's been up to in this, our present passage. He's been reasoning w-us from both the positive - the negative position - he's trying to get us to understand that -the proof is in the practice- of a person's life. How can you know if you're truly a child of God.

Comparing & contrasting. That's what John's been up to in this, our present passage. He's been reasoning w/us from both the positive & the negative position & he's trying to get us to understand that "the proof is in the practice" of a person's life. How can you know if you're truly a child of God.

What we are, what we shall be, what we should be. That's the context we're coming back to here in 1 Jn Ch 3. The love of God has seen fit to make us children of God. As a believer in J.C. that's what you are presently. You are a child of God.

-We left off last time thinking through familial likeness. When someone is born of another, there's typically what we refer to as a -family resemblance-. We tend to take after our parents in some form or fashion. - John was bringing insight to the fact of what's true-physically, is also true spiritually. In Vs 29 of Ch 2 he said--

"We left off last time thinking through familial likeness. When someone is born of another, there's typically what we refer to as a "family resemblance". We tend to take after our parents in some form or fashion. & John was bringing insight to the fact of what's true physically, is also true spiritually. In Vs 29 of Ch 2 he said…"