Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, Sept. 9, 2005

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Child of God vs. Child of the Devil
1 John 310
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Children of God
1) John 112 - It is a right given to us by God.
2) John 1152 - We are part of God's family. 3)
Rom 816 - We are heirs of God through
adoption. 4) Rom 821 - We have been freed from
the slave market of Sin. 5) Rom 98 - Our
Family is an eternal one. 6) Phil 215 - We have
family responsibilities (RFHC) 7) 1 John 31 -
Our Father has a great love for us. 8) 1 John
32-3 - We have the immutable promise of
resurrection. 9) 1 John 310 - There is a
difference between us and the children of
the devil, (i.e. live in righteousness or
not) 10) 1 John 52 - We are to love God and His
children by keeping His commandments.
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Children of the Devil
1) John 844 a) Want to do the desires of their
father (Satan) b) Are murders - physically and
soulishly c) Do not stand in truth d) Are
liars e) Speak from their own nature vs. wisdom
from the Word and Spirit 2)
Acts1310 a) Full of deceit and fraud b) An
enemy of righteousness c) They pervert the Word
of God
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Children of the Devil
3) 1 John 34-18 a) Practice sin and lawlessness
(against God's Word), vs 4
8 b) Do not practice impersonal / unconditional
love, vs 10 14 c) Are murders -
physically, vs 12 d) Their works and deeds are
from themselves vs from God, vs
12 e) Haters and murders - soulishly (gossip,
malign, slander), vs 15 f) Do
not help others in need, vs 17 g) Possess pseudo
love - all talk and no action, flatterers
and hypocrites, vs 18 4) 1 John 314b, They live
in their spiritually dead state.