1. 1John 3:1-2

2. 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

3. how great 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us,

4. Potapen

5. how great 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, Potapen A degree of quality = how great

6. how great 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, Potapen A degree of quality = how great A class or kind = what sort of, manner of, category of

7. how great 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, Potapen A degree of quality = how great A class or kind = what sort of, manner of, category of An exclamation of admiration = how great, how wonderful

8. how great 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Potapen A quality = how great A class or kind = what sort of, manner of, category of An exclamation of admiration = how great, how wonderful

9. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ)

10. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary

11. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary It is completely undeserved goodness

12. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary It is completely undeserved goodness It is completely grounded in the one loving, not in the one loved.

13. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary It is completely undeserved goodness It is completely grounded in the one loving, not in the one loved. It does not depend on anything reciprocal.

14. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary It is completely undeserved goodness It is completely grounded in the one loving, not in the one loved. It does not depend on anything reciprocal. It is self-giving to the core.

15. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary It is completely undeserved goodness It is completely grounded in the one loving, not in the one loved. It does not depend on anything reciprocal. It is self-giving to the core. It is impartial. (Disinterested)

16. love 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, love Behold the category (manner, sort) of love the Father has lavished on us! How great it is! (GPJ) Agape is completely voluntary It is completely undeserved goodness It is completely grounded in the one loving, not in the one loved. It does not depend on anything reciprocal. It is self-giving to the core.

17. 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are that we would be called children of God; and such we are.

18. 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are that we would be called children of God; and such we are. Gods unique self-giving love makes us into what we are not. He makes us His adopted children.

19. 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

20. 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Receiving Gods different category of love makes us different and objectionable to those enmeshed in lesser categories of love. It makes us non-conformists.

21. it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

22. Although Gods different kind of love makes us what we are not, it will continue to make us what we are not yet.

23. it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. Although Gods different kind of love makes us what we are not, it will continue to make us what we are not yet. Although we can know God now, we will know Him better when He returns and recreates creation into a huge Holy of Holies.

24. God wants us to be moved deeply by the greatness of the unique kind of love They have lavished on us.

25. God wants our security, our significance, our identity, our purpose and our future to rest in the great, unique love He lavishes on us.