6/16/2019Reverend Andrew Devries (you'll need to check the spelling of his name)1 John 2:28-3:3 ESVWe all live within imperfect families with imperfect, sinful fathers, which can cause us to yearn for something better. Our heavenly Father's love is perfect, however. He not only gives us forgiveness and mercy, but also adopts us into his family. This should impact our self-worth and our security: being coheirs with Christ means we are forever accepted and secure in God's love. 1 John 2:28-3:3 English Standard Version (ESV)Children of God28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.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[a] 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.