This document discusses key qualities of being part of God's family according to 1 John: 1) We should continue in Christ so that we will be confident and unashamed when he returns. 2) Righteousness is a trait of those born of God - if we see righteous behavior in others, we can recognize them as children of God. 3) God's love for his children is so great that it makes us his very own children by adoption. The document explores these family virtues through various biblical passages and commentary.

1. FAMILY VALUES

2. FAMILY VALUES…

3. And now, dear children, continue in him, so
that when he appears we may be confident
and unashamed before him at his coming.
1 JOHN 2:28
A family quality…

4. A family quality…
“There is nothing strange about this. Even
though eternal salvation is an entirely free
gift which can never be lost, the New
Testament makes plain that the believer
must give an account of his or her Christian
life in the presence of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10,
Romans 14:10-12).”
Hodges, 125

5. A family quality…
confidence:
parrhēsia = out-spoken or bold

6. And now, dear children, continue in him, so
that when he appears we may be confident
and unashamed before him at his coming.
1 JOHN 2:28
A family quality…

7. If you know that he is righteous, you know
that everyone who does what is right has
been born of him.
1 JOHN 2:29
A family trait…

8. A family trait…
“If we see a child of God acting in Christian
righteousness, we can look at him as a
person who is the recipient of God’s
glorious love. By making himself visible, he
makes God’s love for him visible, too.”
Hodges, 128

9. If you know that he is righteous, you know
that everyone who does what is right has
been born of him.
1 JOHN 2:29
A family trait…

10. See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called
children of God!
And that is what we are!
1 JOHN 3:1
A family virtue…

11. A family virtue…
“The Greek term potapen means ‘of what
country’ and thus implies that God’s love is
so unusual, so unearthly, so unique to our
experience, that we barely expect its
result…”
Burge, 145

12. See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called
children of God!
And that is what we are!
1 JOHN 3:1
A family virtue…

13. A family virtue…
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God - children born not
of natural descent, nor of human decision
or a husband’s will, but born of God.
JOHN 1:12-13

14. …The reason the world does not know us is
that it did not know him.
1 JOHN 3:1 (cont.)
A family virtue…

15. Dear friends, now we are children of God,
and what we will be has not yet been made
known. But we know that when Christ
appears, we shall be like him, for we shall
see him as he is.
1 JOHN 3:2
A family resemblance…

16. A family resemblance…
Genotype
Your genetic code

17. A family resemblance…
Phenotype
The observable properties of an organism
that are produced by the interaction of the
genotype and the environment
Mirriam-Webster: “phenotype”

18. A family resemblance…
Justification: declared righteous (Position -
genotype illustration)
Sanctification: becoming righteous
(Practice - phenotype illustration)

19. Dear friends, now we are children of God,
and what we will be has not yet been made
known. But we know that when Christ
appears, we shall be like him, for we shall
see him as he is.
1 JOHN 3:2
A family resemblance…

20. All who have this hope in him purify
themselves, just as he is pure.
1 JOHN 3:3
Growing up in the family…

21. Growing up in the family…
Playing = practicing

22. All who have this hope in him purify
themselves, just as he is pure.
1 JOHN 3:3
Growing up in the family…

23. • Confident
• Righteous
• Loving
• Hopeful
• Pure

24. What is my role
in the family?