“Bearing the Family Resemblance”

“Bearing the Family Resemblance” (1 John 3:4–10)

Pastor Cameron Jungels

Eastside Baptist Church

Sunday AM, July 10, 2016

1 John 3:4–10 (NIV) 

4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. 

7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister. 

1. Sin is incompatible with the righteous character of God (v. 4).

2. Sin is incompatible with the Work of Christ (v. 5)

3. Sin is incompatible with the ministry of the Holy Spirit (9–10).

Main Idea: If sin is a part of your life, then it presents evidence that you may not be a child of God. However, an attitude of repentance and growth in righteousness prevents evidence that you are a part of God’s family.