Recap of Part 1 of 4:  Complete assurance that we’re born again in Christ 1. Born Again Infants 2. Being Born Again

Introduction

1 John 2: I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. 14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1. Children of God 1 John 2:12a, 14a 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name…. 14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father…

1 John 2:12a, 14a 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name…. 14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father…  Sins forgiven because of Jesus  Knowing God as our heavenly Father  Basic foundational faith in God

2. Children Need Milk 1 Peter 2:2 2 like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

Hebrews 5: …by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

3. Children are ‘Children’ 1 Corinthians 13:11 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

Conclusion:  Growing up to become righteous children of God 1. Children of God 2. Children Need Milk 3. Children are ‘Children’