Devotion for the Eighth Day of 2012 Christmas
1 John 3:1-11 (ESV)
3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 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. 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Heavenly Father, for us to be saved from our sins and have eternal life, all You require is that we confess and repent of our sins and take You into our hearts. But John tells us that we do not know You if we makes a practice of sinning. If we love You, we will repent and ask forgiveness any time we go astray. If we do not love our brother, we are not of You. Give the will to do everything we should do to live a righteous life, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, repentant, and forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Devotion for the Eighth Day of 2012 Christmas was first posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:09 am.
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