it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It’s a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World

And now, dear children, continue in Him, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that

everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

1 John 2:28-29

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. 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. All who have this hope in

Him purify themselves, just as He is pure.

1 John 3:1-3

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that He appeared so that He might take away our sins. And in Him is no sin. No one who lives in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen Him or known Him.

1 John 3:4-6

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

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

Everybody agrees that people are bad, but nobody knows why.

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that He appeared so that He might take away our sins.

1 John 3:4-5

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

And now, dear children, continue in Him ... He appeared so that He might take away our sin.

1 John 2:28, 3:5

If we claim to be without sin,we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:8

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But, if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father -

Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

1 John 2:1

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

1 John 3:1

Who We Are

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

Who We Will Be

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

Seven Ways to Reflect the Glory of God in Our Lives Now

1. Living humble and repentant lives.2. Submitting to Godly authority.3. Serving Him in ways that advance His Kingdom.

As God’s image-bearers, we have peculiar responsibilities toward the rest of the created order – responsibilities of

governance and care, as we recognize our oneness with the created order and our distinguishing place within it.

D.A. Carson

Seven Ways to Reflect the Glory of God in Our Lives Now

1. Living humble and repentant lives.2. Submitting to Godly authority.3. Serving Him in ways that advance His Kingdom.4. Respecting all of human life.5. Refusing to live without community.6. Suffering well.7. Giving thanks to God in everything.

The reason the worlddoes not know us is that it did not know Him.

1 John 3:1b

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

Seven Ways to Reflect the Glory of God in Our Lives Now

1. Living humble and repentant lives.2. Submitting to Godly authority.3. Serving Him in ways that advance His Kingdom.4. Respecting all of human life.5. Refusing to live without community.6. Suffering well.7. Giving thanks to God in everything.