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February 9 - 1 John 3 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Monday, it's the 9th of
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  February and if you are lucky enough to share this part of the
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  world with me, we've got a public holiday today.
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  So that means if you are normally going to work on
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  Mondays, whatever you do today, you're still paid.
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  Therefore you are a professional at what you do today.
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  So if you were sleeping in a cooking breakfast, you are a
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  professional breakfast chef. If you're playing golf today,
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  you my friend, are a professional golfer.
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  That is certainly not going to happen to me because there there
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  was chasms between me and Professional Golf.
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  But that's OK. Today is the day that we are
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  going to kick off a week of readings in which we will
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  continue and finish the book of first John and then in it's
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  entirety on one day. On Thursday we'll read the book
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  of Jude before we finish out the week with some proverbs.
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  And today we are continuing to read this persuasive writing
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  that John writes, urging people to say, if your identity is a
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  child of God, if you are Christian, then that has to has
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  to flow on to shaping what your life looks like.
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  These are wonderful words of love and encouragement written
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  for you and me, friends. So let us enjoy them reading
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  together first. John chapter 3.
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  See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his
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  children, and that is what we are.
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  But the people who belong to this world don't recognise that
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  we are God's children because they don't know Him.
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  Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not
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  yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears.
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  But we do know that we will be like Him, for we will see Him as
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  He really is, and all who have this eager expectation will keep
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  themselves pure just as He is pure.
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  Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is
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  contrary to the law of God, and you know that Jesus came to take
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  away our sins, and there is no sin in Him.
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  Anyone who continues to live in Him will not sin, but anyone who
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  keeps on sinning does not know Him or understand who He is.
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  Dear children, don't let anyone deceive you about this.
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  When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous
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  even as Christ is righteous. But when people keep on sinning,
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  it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning
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  since the beginning. But the Son of God came to
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  destroy the works of the devil. Those who have been born into
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  God's family do not make a practise of sinning because
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  God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning
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  because they are children of God.
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  So now we can tell who are children of God and who are
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  children of the devil. Anyone who does not live
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  righteously and does not love other believers does not belong
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  to God. This is the message you have
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  heard from the beginning. We should love one another.
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  We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil 1 and
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  killed his brother. And why did he kill him?
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  Because Cain had been doing what was evil and his brother had
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  been doing what was righteous. So don't be surprised, dear
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  brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
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  If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers, it
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  proves that we have passed from death to life.
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  But a person who has no love is still dead.
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  Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer
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  at heart, and you know that murderers don't have eternal
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  life within them. We know what real love is
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  because Jesus gave up his life for us, so we also ought to give
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  up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
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  If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or
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  sister in need but shows no compassion, how can God's love
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  be in that person? Dear children, let's not merely
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  say that we love each other. Let us show the truth by our
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  actions. Our actions will show that we
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  belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand
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  before God, even if we feel guilty.
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  God is greater than our feelings, and He knows
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  everything. Dear friends, if we don't feel
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  guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence, and we will
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  receive from Him whatever we ask, because we obey Him and do
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  the things that please Him. And this is His commandment.
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  We must believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love
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  one another just as He commanded us.
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  Those who obey God's commandments remain in
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  fellowship with Him and he with them.
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  And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us
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  lives in US. Oh
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  Jesus, your love runs so contradictory to the tides and
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  the currents of this world that tell us the best thing we can do
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  is plan for ourselves, look after ourselves, organise our
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  own future. But here You encourage us that
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  if we have enough, then look to the needs of those around us.
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  So Lord, I pray that our faith in you and the love that you
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  just so lavishly give us that cost you everything.
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  But I pray that that love would just transform us.
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  That our lives would look different and would look like
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  love, would look like you. That provides for each other,
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  that supports those in need, that reaches out where we see
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  the need for it. Our Lord, soften our hearts with
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  your generosity, for we are your children and we love you.
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  And we pray all of this in your name, Amen.