It does say that, when we see Him, we shall be like HIm, for we shall see Him as he really is. How did Saul have a conversation with Samuel after he died?
What you are saying,is that we shall be God’s,and that’s bordering on blasphemy
1John 3:2 “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”
We are the children of God. When Jesus Christ returns to earth at the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet, we shall see Jesus exactly as He is, as those that saw Him rise in the heavens during His ascension which would make His appearance about thirty three. As a young man with his pierced hands and feet that gave of Himself for all of our sins.
As part of the bride of Christ, we have a Husband that we can be proud of, and when He speaks to you tenderly, as He did in the Song of Solomon, you know of His love for His bride. This is speaking in a spiritual sense. Jesus is completely righteous, and we have the best there is, so why would you chose a fake, when the you can hold out and wait for the best, the perfect husband, Jesus Christ.
I John 3:3 “And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.”
Jesus is teaching in simplicity here, You are perfect when you repent. Why? In I John 1:7; “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” When we repent of our sins in Jesus name, we are cleansed from All sin, not part of it, and we receive righteousness through Christ. Directly after repentance you are perfect, you are purified. That is what this verse means when it states that you are purified, because He is pure.
He brings you to His level spiritually speaking in perfection. That is why you must ask for forgiveness when you have fallen short of God’s standards. You will sin again, but when you do, that is the time to repent again. It will cause you to be on guard every day, and to be quick in seeking forgiveness when you do fall. Keep yourself a virgin bride, spiritually speaking, avoiding the traps of the evil one when he tries to draw you in. Don’t take part in that false wedding that shall come first, when the “instead of Christ”, the Antichrist comes to earth to deceive all of mankind.
It is time to take that seal, as spoken of in Revelation 9:4; “And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” That seal of God, is the Word of God which we are studying now. It is that Word that grants you eternal life. Satan simply can not prevent you from having that eternal life, for it is by your choice whether you allow him to deceive you or not. It is God that promised it to you, and He has the power to keep that promise, but you have to prepare yourself, in this final generation so that you will not be deceived by Satan, the “instead of Christ” [the Antichrist].
I John 3:4 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
Did you get that? “Sin is the transgression of the law.” Many churches teach that the law is done away with, but that is not what John nor Jesus said. That is dangerous talk. Then there are others that spiritualize this, and say that someone in Christ doesn’t chose to do anything that isn’t righteous.
Sin is the transgression, or breaking of the law. The church world today goes from some that totally disregard the law, to those that place a strict bondage of the law to where there is no freedom in Christ. However those that are the most spiritual sick are those that label things that are natural as a sin. God created man and woman, and God made man for woman, and woman for man, and God made each of them attractive to each other. The woman is God’s gift to man, and to admire the beauty of a attractive lady is not a sin. That is a natural thing in what God has created, and it is part of the plan of God.
My friend, when you become baptized and go under the water, when you come up from that water, those natural instincts that God has placed in all men and women will still be there, and that is why we study God’s Word so we can keep our emotions under control and disciplined. God’s Word sets the standards that God accepts, not some board of deacons. When you falter, repent and get back on course. As long as you live in the flesh, you will have the emotions and temptations of the flesh. Learn from God’s Word what is sin, and not sin and don’t let others put a guilt trip on you, when it is uncalled for.
It is not alright to sin. The law was given as our schoolmaster, and when Christ came to earth He did not destroy the law, but He fulfilled it. Christ was the capstone on the old, and just as it was the schoolmaster, it is still the schoolmaster. The law tells you what will get you into trouble, while you are living in the flesh. So because transgression against the law is sin, obviously the law cannot be done away with. All of God’s laws are in effect, accept those blood ordinances that are not laws. They are statutes that have to do with those ordinances. Christ’s blood fulfilled all those requirements, and in and through repentance to the Father in Jesus Christ’s name, the blood of Christ blots out the Father’s judgment of you for those sins. Christ’s blood takes the place of those blood sacrifices.
Many of the laws are warnings to the dangerous things that can happen to you when these laws are disregarded. One who turns his back to Sodomy these days, generally finds himself with a incurable disease. Even though repentance is sought for those wicked acts, the person still must pay the price for his actions in them. When a person sets out to rob another person, many times the victim has a weapon and wounds or kills that attacker. This is right according to God’s law, yet the robber is sent to the heavenly Father to account for his actions in the flesh body. What I am drawing attention to is the fact that when you break God’s laws, there is a price to pay, in most cases, even if there is repentance for that act at a later date.
Now lets review this verse; When you sin, you are breaking the law, because sin is the breaking of the laws of God. If there was no law, there would be no sin, because you simply can not transgress that law that doesn’t exist. It is only a fool that would say that we have no sin in this mixed up world today.
I John 3:5 “And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.”
Why did Jesus Christ the Son of God come to this earth in the flesh? Our answer is right here in this verse; “to take away our sins.” Jesus paid a very heavy price for your sin, however to you it is free upon repentance.
I John 3:6 “Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.”
If you don’t watch it, this verse can put you on quite a guilt trip. You could say, I sin all the time, every day, does that mean I don’t know Him? No, My Friend, this word for sin is the word for habitual sinning. One that just does not care for God, or any part of His laws, love or salvation. The habitual sinner could care less about the things of God, His Word, or any desire to seek after the ways of our Lord.
I John 3:7 “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.”
You keep people from deceiving you by staying in the Word, and placing it in your mind. Righteousness is to do those things that are right, and according to God’s Word. As long as you want to try to do that which is right, though you fall short, when you have Christ, and the Spirit of God within you, and you repent you will be righteous. The heavenly Father will accept you as righteous, for your credentials is the blood of Christ, our advocate with the Father.
I John 3:8 “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
For what purpose was Jesus Christ the Son of God manifested? What was the reason for Him coming to die on the cross? “That He might destroy the works of the devil.” When is this beginning that the devil started his sinning? It is given in Ezekiel 28, where in the first earth age Satan rebelled and was sentenced to death. It is written in II Peter 3 that the world that was destroyed by the overthrow of the flood [not Noah’s flood]. We know that Satan is sentenced to die at the end of the Millennium age. When we realize that this verse covers all three earth ages, for the downfall of Satan, to the coming of the Son of God to pay the price for sin in this earth age, to the destruction of Satan, the son of perdition at the end of the Millennium age, then we can see the depth that John is teaching here.
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By her complete adherence to the Father’s will, to his Son’s redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church’s model of faith and charity. Thus she is a “preeminent and . . . wholly unique member of the Church”; indeed, she is the “exemplary realization” (typus) of the Church.
