1. Message: Who Are the Children of God and How Do We Know? March 24, 2013

2. Central Truth True children of God do not live in ongoing continual sin.

3. Reasons Children of God Cannot Continue in Ongoing Sin 1) Because of what sin is.

4. Reasons Children of God Cannot Continue in Ongoing Sin 2) Because God revealed himself to humanity in Jesus Christ to deal with our sin.

5. Reasons Children of God Cannot Continue in Ongoing Sin 3) Because of what Jesus Christ accomplished – his saving life, death, and resurrection! First Accomplishment: The Removal of Our Sins Second Accomplishment: The Destruction of the Devil’s Work

6. Freedom Through Christ It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

7. Reasons Children of God Cannot Continue in Ongoing Sin 4) Because of who Jesus Christ is – the Holy Son of God!

8. Reasons Children of God Cannot Continue in Ongoing Sin 5) Because the true children of God are his children only through being in a supernatural relationship with Jesus Christ.

9. Reasons Children of God Cannot Continue in Ongoing Sin 6) Because of the divine power of supernatural new birth – through God’s Spirit.

10. John’s Concluding Thought: How you live reflects whose child you are! Children of GodChildren of the Devil