WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS

WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS

1 JOHN 3

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. BEHOLD [v. 1]

1. The Manner of Love [John 10:3, Romans 9:25-26]

-he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

- As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

2. The Master of Love [John 3:16, 1 John 4:10]

-For God so loved the world

3. The Man of Love [Luke 10:22]

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

 

II. BELOVED [v. 2]

1. We ARE the Sons of God [Jn. 1:12-13, Rm. 5:1]

- But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

-Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

2. We ARE Going to be Like Him [Rm. 6:5, 1 Cor. 15:49]

-For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

-And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

3. We ARE Going to See Him [Job 19:26, 1 Th. 4:17]

-And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

-Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

 

III. BELIEVERS [v. 3]

1. Only Believers Have This Hope [Eph. 2:12, 1 Th. 4:13]

-That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

- But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

2. All Believers Have This High Calling [Philippians 3:14, Hebrews 3:1]

- I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

-Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

3. Believers Will Attain His Likeness [Psalm 17:15]

-As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.