1 John 3:1 … What LOVE from the Father (01/30/17)
“See what Love the Father has given us;
that we should be called Children of God,
for that is what we are.” ~ unknown (1 John 3:1)
This verses reflects the 2nd half of the double entendre within Jesus’ infamous “become again as a child” of Matthew 18:3-4, with the first meaning encouraging us to see the world as infants & interact with others as toddlers, and the second reminding us that we are all innately just as divine as Jesus himself ever was or ever could be; a meaning harmonizing fully with Jesus telling others that they too could do everything he did “and even more” (see John 14:12-13) – that just as he was a “Son of God” (see Luke 9:35, John 5:19, John 14:6-7 et al), so too are we all Children of the Divine.
Just as importantly, remember as well that for Jesus (and all other sincere Followers of The Way of Christ, which the vast majority of the Johanines were – i.e. those who adhered to the deeper, more mystical teachings found in the Gospel of John, and who later wrote & practiced the deeper, more mystical teachings found in 1 John, 2 John & 3 John as well) the Father mentioned & revered was an internal essence (John 14:20) – an essence of perfect Love that ever called for us all to Love others just as perfectly (see Matthew 5:48, 1 John 4:18, Luke 6:36, John 13:15-17 et al).
Amen … Let it be so.
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