These thoughts are from chapter three:
Do you ever doubt God's love for you? Do you ever question your relationship with Him and wonder, "Am I really a child of God?" I think that's pretty normal. When you read 1st John, you get a clear picture of who God's people are. John says in vs. 7:
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
(ESV)Pretty clear, huh?
He goes on and says, there will be times that our hearts condemn us. What he means is there will be times when you will doubt and there will be times when you are confused about your faith and your relationship with Him. John says, "don't let your hearts condemn you." By this, God reassures our hearts: if we prove our love in deed and truth!
18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
(ESV)Remember this: the deeds we do are not to attain righteousness - we do good deeds because He has made us righteous!
Is your heart is condemning you today? Remember this: God is greater than our heart and he knows everything and because of that, we can have confidence, full assurace before God!
How's your confidence?
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