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JUST STOP JUST STOP SINNING!!SINNING!!

See what great love the See what great love the Father has lavished on us, Father has lavished on us, that that we should be called we should be called children of God!children of God!  And that is And that is what we are! what we are! The reason the The reason the world does not know us is world does not know us is that it did not know him. that it did not know him. 1 JOHN 3:1-10

2 2 Dear friends, now we are Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what children of God, and what we will be has not yet been we will be has not yet been made known. But we know made known. But we know that that when Christ appears,when Christ appears,

we shall be like him, we shall be like him, for we for we shall see him as he is. shall see him as he is. 1 JOHN 3:1-10

  3 3 All who have this hope in All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just him purify themselves, just as he is pure.as he is pure.

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4 4 Everyone who sins breaks Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. lawlessness. 5 5 But you know that But you know that he he appeared so that he might appeared so that he might take away our sins.take away our sins. And in  And in him is no sin. him is no sin. 1 JOHN 3:1-10

6 6 No one who lives in him No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.keeps on sinning. No one  No one who continues to sin has who continues to sin has either seen him or known either seen him or known him.him.

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7 7 Dear children, do not let Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is is righteous, just as he is righteous. righteous. 1 JOHN 3:1-10

8 8 The one who does what is The one who does what is sinful is of the sinful is of the devil, because the devil has devil, because the devil has been sinning from the been sinning from the beginning. beginning. The reason the The reason the Son of God appeared was to Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. destroy the devil’s work. 1 JOHN 3:1-10

9 9 No one who is born of God No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been because they have been born of God. born of God. 1 JOHN 3:1-10

10 10 This is how we know who the This is how we know who the children of God are and who children of God are and who the children of the devil are: the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.love their brother and sister.1 JOHN 3:1-10

15 15 But just as he who called But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you is holy, so be holy in all you do; you do; 16 16 for it is written: “Be for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”holy, because I am holy.”1 PETER 1:15-17

"We have forgotten that the "We have forgotten that the central message of the Gospel central message of the Gospel is that Jesus came to save us is that Jesus came to save us from our sins, not in our sins. from our sins, not in our sins. He didn't just come to forgive He didn't just come to forgive us of our sins but to free us us of our sins but to free us from our sins.”from our sins.”

"Now people think that once "Now people think that once they are saved, they are they are saved, they are always saved and they are always saved and they are free to do whatever they free to do whatever they want..”, he said.want..”, he said.“People have changed the “People have changed the grace of God into a licence for grace of God into a licence for immorality.."immorality.."

My son, do not despise My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, and do the LORD’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,not resent his rebuke,  because because he LORD disciplines he LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the those he loves, as a father the son he delights inson he delights inPROVERBS 3:11-12

You will say, “How I hated You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.to my instructors.  And I was soon And I was soon in serious trouble in the in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”assembly of God’s people.”PROVERBS 5:12-14

Be alert and of sober mind. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls Your enemy the devil prowls around like a around like a roaring lion looking for roaring lion looking for someone to devour.someone to devour.1 PETER 5:8