120819 We are God's Children

SUNDAY MORNING (August 19th) • "That You May Know"We are God's Children (1 John 2:28-3:10)When John counsels Christians to "abide" in the Son, what does he mean (2:28)?What does it mean to "practice righteousness" (2:29)?"The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him" (3:1). On what basis canJohn make this assertion?Why does John say, "Beloved, we are God's children now" (3:2)? Why the "now"?What is John talking about in 3:2?How does this truth lead the one who "hopes" in God to "purify" himself (3:3)?What does it mean to "practice sinning" (3:4)?What should we make of 3:6?What can we learn from 3:8?What is "God's seed," referenced in 3:9?Why is it important that the identities of "the children of God" and "the children of the devil"would become "evident" (3:10)?