1. A Child of God made through God’s
love
2. A Child of God is misunderstood by
the world
3. A Child of God is transformed when
Jesus returns
4. A Child of God is passionate for
purity
Summary:
In the past
weeks we have been meditating on our core identities, that is, what it means to be a
Christian. We are a new creature in
Christ, we are Priests in a Kingdom of Priests, we are Temples of the Holy
Spirit, and last Sunday we learned we are Sojourners and Exiles. This week we
studied 4 characteristics of a Child of God. First, we a Child of God made
through God’s love. Second, a Child of God is misunderstood by the
world. The third characteristic is that the Child of God is
transformed when Jesus returns. And lastly, the Child of God is passionate for
purity.
Main Point:
Elderly John wants us to know the
love of the Father, the beauty of what it means to be God’s children, that we
would behold the love that the Father has given us that we should be called the
children of God.
Discussion Questions:
1.
How does a person become a child of God? (v. 1)
2.
Why is a child of God misunderstood? (v. 1)
3.
A child of God is transformed when Jesus returns, so what 3 things define
us as we cling to these promises? (v. 2)
4.
Why should a child of God live a life that is passionate for purity? (v. 3)
Application:
1.
Praise God for making you a child of God through His love, and as you
live in hope for the brighter day to come when Jesus returns when everything
will be changed.
2.
Confess the ways that you forget your identity as a child of God.
3.
Ask God to help you to daily remember your identity as a child of God so
that you can live a passionate, pure life.
Written by Elder Galen Janson
