LIVING AS CHILDREN OF GOD

Lesson 7 for the 15th of August, 2009

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 SONS OF GOD

Gaze ye upon the

boundless height,
depth and width of
divine’s love – pure
and selfless – that,
while we are sinners,
God receives us in
his family as His
sons!
People who haven’t had a relationship with the Father can’t (or don’t want
to) recognize His children, who reflect the Father’s character.
 WHAT DO WE HAVE COMING?
God’s image will be restored entirely when Jesus will come for the
second time; man will achieve definitive victory over sin and
temptation.

“we shall be like him, for we shall

see him as he is”
(1 John, 3: 2)
 OUR
RESPONSIBILITY Our aim mustn’t
be lower than
perfect purity.

“Everyone who has this hope in him purifies

himself, just as he is pure”
(1 John, 3: 3)
The sinner cannot clean himself; he is given to sin slavery
and depends entirely on the Saviour to purify him. But
sinner can do a work on his behalf, with divine help. This
work demands watching and praying diligently. The main
fight consists of keeping our faith in the victory that Christ
achieved for us, and believing that His grace is enough to
overcome any obstacle.
 SIN
Everyone who sins, breaks the law;
Who does hamartía does anomía

in fact, sin is lawlessness

Hamartía is anomía

hamartía Violating of a divine

moral law.

anomía Without law, illegality.

These two words are

synonyms; every sin is
lawlessness and every
lawlessness is sin.
 WHAT DOES SIN DO IN US?

We don’t hear God’s voice (Exodus, 9: 27)

We lie and stop doing good (Psalm 36: 3)
We do evil (Psalm 51: 4; Matthew, 7: 23)
We rebelled against God (Isaiah, 1: 2)
We support other gods (Jeremiah, 3: 13)
It enslaves us (Romans, 6: 17, 20)
It fools us (1 John, 1: 8)
We break the law (1 John, 3: 4)
We do unrighteousness (1 John, 5: 17)

WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST SIN... WHAT’S THE LIMIT?

“In your struggle against sin, you have not

yet resisted to the point of shedding your
SIN

blood”
Hebrews, 12: 4
 DIVINE SOLUTION FOR SIN PROBLEM

Jesus Christ’s incarnation, his pure life and his

expiatory sacrifice.
There was neither sign of sin nor act of sin in
Christ.
“And you know that He was manifested to take away
our sins, and in Him there is no sin”
1 John, 3: 5
 DIVINE SOLUTION FOR SIN PROBLEM

Christ came to free man from sin servitude,

undoing the work of the evil one.
Devil’s work includes all the evil Satan has done
in this world, and all the sins he has incited in
human beings.
“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy
the devil's work” 1 John, 3: 8
 HUMAN “SOLUTION” FOR
SIN PROBLEM
“Whoever has been born of God does not sin,
for His seed remains in him; and he cannot
sin, because he has been born of God”
(1 John, 3: 9)

BORN OF GOD: Those believers who have born again and

haven’t returned to the world.

DOING NOT SIN: Don’t keep sinning regularly. Hating the sin
we loved before and loving the virtue we disregarded
before.

GOD’S SEED: The Holy Spirit who produces a new birth in

sinners and guarantees spiritual energy to withstand
successfully the sin.
 E.G.W. (That I may know Him, August 29)
“Let the soul cultivate the habit of contemplating the world's
Redeemer... Will you who read these words resolve that you will
never again seek to excuse your defects of character by saying, "It
is my way"? Let no one declare, "I cannot change my natural habits
and tendencies." The truth must be admitted into the soul, and it
will work the sanctification of the character. It will refine and
elevate the life, and fit you for an entrance into the mansions which
Jesus has gone to prepare for those who love Him”