Set Apart for God

1 John 1-5 

“…But we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure…No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.”

1 John 3:2, 3, 9

The apostle John points to our hope in Christ’s return and our eternity with him as a purifying influence in our lives. Like a bride for her bridegroom, we are preparing for our wedding day. We are also being transformed from the inside out because the Spirit of God indwells us. To be “born of God,” or “born again,” is to experience our human spirit united with the Holy Spirit so that Christ’s life flows through us. The Holy Spirit changes our desires, our goals in life, our values, and how we view temptation and sin. We will not continue in repetitive sin-habits because the indwelling Holy Spirit will convict us and equip us to resist sin. 

Are we growing in purity and Christ-likeness?

Are we anticipating Christ’s return?

“Lord Jesus, you are my life, and I give myself to you, for your glory.”