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1 John 3:10
"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."

God's love is a gift! Like the children from Luke chapter eighteen, the blessings we receive are not due to effort or motivation from us! This is God's gift! This is God's GRACE! It is truly amazing!

We have turned to First John, chapter three, to reinforce this teaching. John wrote this letter when he knew about GOD'S love in a way you and I do not understand. John knows that GOD looks upon His followers as His children. His favorite children. In yesterday's verse he called God's children "BELOVED." God has adopted you into His family! It's NOT something you did. We are NOT earning a paycheck. We are NOT born into the heavenly family. It's a gift from God. And, it's a gift that you cannot even take with you!? It is something you can SHARE. Please, share it.

We can see who is in God's family and who's NOT. Today's verse is "In this the children of God are MANIFEST, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth NOT righteousness is NOT of God, neither he that LOVETH NOT his brother." I don't know about you, but I don't think of myself as RIGHTEOUS. Defined as being morally right or justifiable. I know I make mistakes and continue to sin. Even when I don't want to. In this verse, John is contrasting the faithful with the unfaithful. We can look to friends and neighbors to see people endeavoring to do what is right and the best for the people they know. We can also see people who don't. People who choose to do what is wrong for everyone, even them. Love takes many forms and is defined by the actions we take. People that do not express the love of God in one form or another are "children of the devil." It's heartbreaking because there are so many in our culture today filled with this spirit and NOT the Holy Ghost. We need to SHARE God's love with our world!
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