"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."
1 John 3:10-11
I like this straightforward message. We can tell who we are following by how we behave. If we do the works of righteousness and show love towards other people, then we are of God.
Sometimes that's hard, because we're certainly flawed. We haven't been always righteous, and we haven't always done the righteous, loving thing, and so something this clear can be scary. Are we children of the devil?
And the answer to that is no... if we turn around and serve God, and learn better how to love in the Lord's way. We can let go of the past, of our mistakes and our bad choices and allow God to change our hearts. That's what Christ did for us, and why we aren't trapped in our sins. Let's talk with God about our lives and where we want them to go... who we want to be, and he will help us know what to do, and how to change.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."
1 John 3:10-11
I like this straightforward message. We can tell who we are following by how we behave. If we do the works of righteousness and show love towards other people, then we are of God.
Sometimes that's hard, because we're certainly flawed. We haven't been always righteous, and we haven't always done the righteous, loving thing, and so something this clear can be scary. Are we children of the devil?
And the answer to that is no... if we turn around and serve God, and learn better how to love in the Lord's way. We can let go of the past, of our mistakes and our bad choices and allow God to change our hearts. That's what Christ did for us, and why we aren't trapped in our sins. Let's talk with God about our lives and where we want them to go... who we want to be, and he will help us know what to do, and how to change.
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