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FAMILY VALUES
FAMILY VALUES…
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when
he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
1 JOHN 2:28
A family quality…
A family quality…
“There is nothing strange about this. Even though eternal salvation is an entirely free gift which can never be lost, the New Testament makes plain that the believer must give an account of his or her Christian life in the presence of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10, Romans 14:10-12).”Hodges, 125
A family quality…
confidence:
parrhēsia = out-spoken or bold
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when
he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
1 JOHN 2:28
A family quality…
If you know that he is righteous, you know that
everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
1 JOHN 2:29
A family trait…
A family trait…
“If we see a child of God acting in Christian righteousness, we can look at him as a person who is the recipient of God’s glorious love. By making himself visible, he makes God’s love for him visible, too.”
Hodges, 128
If you know that he is righteous, you know that
everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
1 JOHN 2:29
A family trait…
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of
God! And that is what we are!
1 JOHN 3:1
A family virtue…
A family virtue…
“The Greek term potapen means ‘of what country’ and thus implies that God’s love is so unusual, so unearthly, so unique to our experience, that we barely expect its result…”
Burge, 145
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of
God! And that is what we are!
1 JOHN 3:1
A family virtue…
A family virtue…
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -
children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of
God.
JOHN 1:12-13
…The reason the world does not know us is that it did not
know him.
1 JOHN 3:1 (cont.)
A family virtue…
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he
is.
1 JOHN 3:2
A family resemblance…
A family resemblance…
Genotype
Your genetic code
A family resemblance…
Phenotype
The observable properties of an organism that are produced by the interaction of the genotype
and the environment
Mirriam-Webster: “phenotype”
A family resemblance…
Justification: declared righteous (Position - genotype
illustration)
Sanctification: becoming righteous (Practice - phenotype
illustration)
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he
is.
1 JOHN 3:2
A family resemblance…
All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is
pure.
1 JOHN 3:3
Growing up in the family…
Growing up in the family…
Playing = practicing
All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is
pure.
1 JOHN 3:3
Growing up in the family…
• Confident• Righteous• Loving• Hopeful• Pure
What is my role
in the family?
