Ep 207 – 1 John 2:28-3:10 PT 4

Devotionary

This is our fourth episode on 1 John, chapter two, verse 28 through chapter three, verse 10. It’s entitled, “Seek and Destroy” and deals with our ongoing need to put to death the deeds of the flesh. For John, it’s all about practicing righteousness. In other words, living a life in keeping with our new standing as sons and daughters of God. The very fact that we can choose to do what God considers as righteous is proof that we have His Spirit living within us. And one of the Spirit’s primary roles in our lives is to expose the sin that remains so that we can confess it and receive full forgiveness for it. Paul would have us remember that we are engaged in an ongoing spiritual battle that pits us against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” We have an enemy that hates us and is out to destroy us. But we have a heavenly Father who loves us and is out to seek and destroy those remaining vestiges of sin lingering within us. We no longer have to live like mindless slaves, giving in to the temptations of the enemy and the passions of our old sin natures. We can practice righteousness, because we are children of God.