The passage discusses 1) the compassion God has shown in making humans his children and Jesus laying down his life, 2) how Christians should conduct themselves in purity and by loving one another, 3) how the world will misunderstand and persecute Christians, and 4) the confidence Christians can have through the Holy Spirit, by not being condemned and knowing God will answer prayers.

1. 1 John 3:1-24
• The Compassion of the FatherThe Compassion of the Father
• The Conduct of His childrenThe Conduct of His children
• The Contempt of the worldThe Contempt of the world
• The Confidence we have in HimThe Confidence we have in Him

2. I. The Compassion of the FatherThe Compassion of the Father
• See what great love the Father hasSee what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be calledlavished on us, that we should be called
children of God! And that is what wechildren of God! And that is what we
areare

3. I. The Compassion of the FatherThe Compassion of the Father
• Revealed in the Lord JesusRevealed in the Lord Jesus
•
This is how we know what love is: This is how we know what love is:
Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.
• I John 3:16I John 3:16

4. I. The Compassion of the FatherThe Compassion of the Father
• - to sinful humanity- to sinful humanity
• But God demonstrates his own love
for us in this: while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.Romans 5:8

6. I. The Compassion of the FatherThe Compassion of the Father
• - to His adopted children- to His adopted children
• To all who received Him (that is theTo all who received Him (that is the
Son of God) who believed in HisSon of God) who believed in His
name, he gave the right / authorityname, he gave the right / authority
to become children of Godto become children of God. John 1:14John 1:14

7. II. The Conduct of His children.II. The Conduct of His children.
• Becoming like Jesus
• Dear friends, now we are children of God,Dear friends, now we are children of God,
and what we will be has not yet been madeand what we will be has not yet been made
known. But we know that when Christknown. But we know that when Christ
appearsappearswe shall be like him, for we shall seewe shall be like him, for we shall see
him as he is.him as he is. 33
All who have this hope in himAll who have this hope in him
purify themselves, just as he is pure.purify themselves, just as he is pure.
• 1 John 3:2

8. II. The Conduct of His childrenII. The Conduct of His children
• Loving one anotherLoving one another
• This is the message that you have heard fromThis is the message that you have heard from
the beginning: We should love one another.the beginning: We should love one another.
• 1Jn 3:111Jn 3:11

9. III. The Contempt of the worldIII. The Contempt of the world
• MisunderstandingMisunderstanding
•
The reason the world does not know us is
that it did not know Him.

10. III. The Contempt of the worldIII. The Contempt of the world
• PersecutionPersecution
• Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world
hates you.- 1 John 3:13
•

11. IV. The Confidence we have inIV. The Confidence we have in
HimHim
• No CondemnationNo Condemnation
• This is how we know that we belong to theThis is how we know that we belong to the
truth and how we set our hearts at rest in histruth and how we set our hearts at rest in his
presence:presence: 2020
if our hearts condemn us, weif our hearts condemn us, we
know that God is greater than our hearts,know that God is greater than our hearts,
and he knows everything. I John 3:19.20and he knows everything. I John 3:19.20

12. IV. The Confidence we have inIV. The Confidence we have in
HimHim
• - Our prayers answered- Our prayers answered
• Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemnDear friends, if our hearts do not condemn
us, we have confidence before Godus, we have confidence before God 2222
andand
receive from him anything we ask, becausereceive from him anything we ask, because
we keep his commands and do what pleaseswe keep his commands and do what pleases
him. 1 John 3:21,22him. 1 John 3:21,22

13. IV. The Confidence we have inIV. The Confidence we have in
HimHim
• the Holy Spirit’s testimonythe Holy Spirit’s testimony
• And this is how we know that he lives inAnd this is how we know that he lives in
us: we know it by the Spirit he gave us.us: we know it by the Spirit he gave us.
• I John 3:24I John 3:24

15. 1 John 3:1-24
• The Compassion of the FatherThe Compassion of the Father
• The Conduct of the ChildrenThe Conduct of the Children
• The Contempt of the worldThe Contempt of the world
• The Confidence we have in HimThe Confidence we have in Him

16. •See what great love the
Father has lavished on
us, that we should be
called children of God!
And that is what we are!