Children of God—1 John 2:28–3:10 Open It 1. *In what way(s) are you like your mother or father? 2. What was one of the benefits of being the child of your parents as you were growing up? 3. How would most people define the term “sin”? Explore It 1. Why did John encourage his readers to continue in Christ? (2:28) 2. *What is true about everyone who does what is right? (2:29) 3. How has the Father lavished love upon believers? (3:1) 4. Why doesn’t the world know Christians? (3:1) 5. What will happen to the children of God when they see Christ? (3:2) 6. What kind of person purifies himself or herself? (3:3) 7. What is sin? (3:4) 8. Why did Christ appear? (3:5) 9. *How is a person who lives in Christ unusual? (3:6) 10. What does it mean to do what is right? (3:7) 11. What did John say about the person who does what is sinful? (3:8) 12. Why did the Son of God appear? (3:8) 13. *Why can’t the person who is born of God continue to sin? (3:9) 14. How are children of God and children of the devil identified? (3:10) Get It 1. What does it mean to continue in Christ? 2. How are you preparing yourself for Christ’s return? 3. What is so great about being a child of God? 4. *When have you felt that your non-Christian friends did not really know or understand you? 5. *How do you reconcile the fact that Christians do sin with the statements that they cannot sin or keep on sinning? 6. How can we know that we are children of God? 7. How do you need to change your daily routine so that you may be confident and unashamed before Christ at His Second Coming? Apply It 1. What step will you take today to purify yourself? 2. *What area of weakness will you ask God to strengthen this week?