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Thursday's Thoughts- 1 John Chapter Three

1 John Chapter Three

1-3. The third chapter of 1 John starts with one of my favorite Bible verses. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not." 1 John 3:1. How incredible  is it that God loves us so much that He calls us his children? Like our parents, He looks past all the mistakes we've made, and the times we disobeyed, and still loves us as only He can. Because we are the sons and daughters of God, when He comes to get us, we will be like Him and see Him as He is- the almighty Creator. 
4-10. We are all sinners, but God came to take away our sins. When we abide in God, we will not sin anymore. He that commits sin is of the devil who sinned from the beginning. When we are reborn in Christ our sinful nature goes away and we desire to be like God. 
11-14. Because we have the love of God, the world will despise us. Like Abel, we will find acceptance in the Lord and just as Cain hated Abel, so the world will hate and seek to destroy us. 
15-24. In God's eyes, hating your brother is the same as murdering him. The people of the world will try to tear us down, but we are to respond in love. The best way to show God's love is not through word, but actions. If someone is starving and you don't feed them does the love of God dwell in you? By helping those in need we show them the endless love of God. If your actions bring just one person to know God's love, you are on the right track.
Now that you have read this devotion, I hope that you will go out and show God's love to the world. God bless.

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