Believer's assurance of salvation based on their hope on Christ who is coming again. In addition His return is motivation for their sanctification and purification.

1. “Behold What Manner of
Love…”
1 John 2:28–3:3

2. 28 And now, little children, abide in
Him, that when He appears, we may
have confidence and not be ashamed
before Him at His coming. 29 If you
know that He is righteous, you know
that everyone who practices
righteousness is born of Him.

3. 1 Behold what manner of love the
Father has bestowed on us, that we
should be called children of God!
Therefore the world does not know
us, because it did not know Him.

4. 2 Beloved, now we are children of
God; and it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be, but we
know that when He is revealed, we
shall be like Him, for we shall see
Him as He is. 3 And everyone who
has this hope in Him purifies himself,
just as He is pure.

5. These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son
of God, that you may know that you
have eternal life, and that you may
continue to believe in the name of
the Son of God.

6. Keep His commandments (2:3-27)
Abiding in Christ (2:28-3:3)
Break patterns of continuous sin (3:4-10)
Loving the brethren (3:11-23)
Indwelling of His Spirit (3:24-4:21)
Believing Jesus is Messiah (5:1-13)
Answers to prayer (5:14-16)

7. Abide = in close contact, a connection, a living
union, communion
God’s Love
inspires us
to have an
Abiding Faith
1 John 2:24-29

8. And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He
appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed
before Him at His coming.
A. Christ is coming again
B. Christians will appear before Him

16. Romans 8:1
There is now therefore
to those who are in Christ Jesus,
who do not walk according to the
flesh, but according to the Spirit.

17. 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds
are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
shall not impute sin.”
(NET)
8 “Blessed is the one against whom the
Lord will never count sin.”

18. Romans 14:10,12 We shall
all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ. …So
then each of us shall give
account of himself to God.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we
must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ, that
each one may receive the
things done in the body,
according to what he has
done, whether good or bad.

20. If you know that He is righteous, you know that every-one
who practices righteousness is born of Him.
A. God is Righteous

21. If you know that He is righteous, you know that every-one
who practices righteousness is born of Him.
B. His Children are Righteous
Righteousness
Is obtained
Not attained.

22. Behold what manner of love
Behold (plural) = “all of you behold”

23. Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed
on us…
A. The Extent of His Love
manner = “what kind of” - “Behold, what
foreign kind of love the Father
has bestowed upon us.”
has bestowed (perfect tense) “to give
something to some one.”

24. Mt. 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
and bear a Son, and they shall call His
name Immanuel”
Lk. 2:34 “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall
and rising of many in Israel…”
Jn. 1:29 “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world!”
Mt. 10:16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in
the midst of wolves…

25. Mt. 21:5 “Behold, your King is coming to you…”
Mt. 25:6 “Behold, the bridegroom is coming…”
Jn. 19:5 “Behold the Man!”
Lk. 24:39 “Behold My hands and My feet…”
Rev. 1:7 “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and
every eye will see Him…”

26. Rev. 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.”
Rev. 21:5 “Behold, I make all things new.”
Rev. 22:7,12 “Behold, I am coming quickly…”
1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father
has bestowed on us, that we should be
called children of God!

27. …that we should be called children of God!
B. The Expression of His Love
called (kaleō) = the inauguration of a
relationship
children (teknon) = born ones

28. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did
not know Him.
C. The Exclusivity of His Love
know (ginōskō) = to acquire knowledge
through experience
aorist tense present tense
up till now the world
has never known Him
the world does not
presently know

29. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not
yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall
see Him as He is.
D. The Effect of His Love
Phil. 3:20–21 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which
we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be
conformed to His glorious body, according to the working
by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

30. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not
yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall
see Him as He is.
D. The Effect of His Love
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make
man in Our image, according to Our likeness...”

31. The Nature of the Resurrection Body
(1 Cor.15:35-58)
John 20:27—the wounds from his crucifixion
were still visible
Luke 24:39—He was not a phantom—He looked
human in every regard
Luke 24:13-18—the disciples never questioned
His humanity after His resurrection
Luke 24:42-43—He ate real, earthly food
John 20:19-28—Yet-His body could pass through
solid walls
Luke 24:36—He could suddenly appear out of no
where

32. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies
himself, just as He is pure.
(present tense) = makes and keeps himself pure

33. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not
yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall
see Him as He is.
A. The Motivation: Hope (upon)
“hope resting upon Him”
“hope set on Him.”
B. The Model: Christ