Homerton Baptist Church
Evening Service (250316)
  • Hymn 302 - IMMORTAL HONOURS REST ON JESUS' HEAD
  • Hymn 711 - HOW VAST THE BENEFITS DIVINE
  • 1 John 3:1–11 ESV
    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. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
    1 John 3:1–3 ESV
    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.
    Introduction
    John has been speaking of the glorious relationship we, as believers, have with God. We are truly united to him in Christ, his love has reached out to us and we live in him. He continues to express this as he reminds us of the wondrous love of God toward us.
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    1. God’s Love v1

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    1 John 3:1 ESV
    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.
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    a. The Love of God

    i. God’s Gift

    1 John 3:1 ESV
    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.
    Behold, what manner of love’! Words, of course, become meaningless at this point; there is nothing to do but to gaze upon it and to wonder at it all, to stand in amazement and in astonishment. Oh, the quality of this love! Just realise what it means, the freeness of it all, that you and I should be called and become children of God! The freeness of this love that has looked upon us in spite of our sin, in spite of our recalcitrance, in spite of our unworthiness, in spite of our foulness as a result of the Fall and our own actions. Martyn LLoyd-Jones
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    1 John 4:9–10 ESV
    9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
    The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Chapter 3

    Here, love is put for the benefits and blessings flowing from it. The reference is not merely to the feeling of love, but the manifestation of it in all it has done for us.

    ii. The World

    1 John 3:1 ESV
    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.
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    John 15:18–19 ESV
    18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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    Romans 8:35–37 ESV
    35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
    John 17:25–26 ESV
    25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
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    2. God’s Children v2

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    1 John 3:2 ESV
    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.

    i. God’s Children Now

    1 John 3:2 ESV
    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.
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    Romans 8:16–17 ESV
    16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
    John 1:11–13 ESV
    11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

    ii. The Future

    1 John 3:2 ESV
    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.
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    2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
    18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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    Philippians 3:20–21 ESV
    20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
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    Colossians 3:4 ESV
    4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
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    3. Hope in Him v3

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    1 John 3:3 ESV
    3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
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    John states a fact: “Everyone who has this hope … purifies himself.” He refrains from expressing a wish (“may he purify himself”), a possibility (“he may purify himself”), or a command (“he ought to purify himself”). John puts this stated fact in positive terms. The believer lives in the hope of becoming conformed to Jesus Christ, and the more he contemplates this truth the more he purifies himself of sin. He seeks to cleanse himself from sin that contaminates body and soul; constantly he strives for holiness in reverence to God. Kistemaker
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    2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV
    1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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    1 John 1:7 ESV
    7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
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    1 John 2:6 ESV
    6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
    Conclusion
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    Colossians 3:1–5 ESV
    1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
    Note - Praise 779 My hope is built on nothing less
  • Hymn 779 - My Hope is built on nothing less
  • Hymn 723 - All I once held dear, build my life upon
  • Doxology 223 v1
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