Everyone that hath this hope......

I glory in the word of God today! Thanks be unto God for his Word of Grace! Why should we live right? What should be our motivations? It's an assumption that many have made to say I preach grace to encourage people to sin; if that's your conclusion, surely, you have not heard or listened to me! 1 John 3:3 says, 'And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure...' Wow! This is remarkable! God is saying everyone who is confident of making heaven purifies himself. Notice he didn't say everyone that, 'aspires or wants' this hope should purify himself. But everyone that HAS this Hope! How do I 'HAVE' this hope? Let's look at the preceding verses, Verses 1-2, 'Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us,because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.' Notice here, that we are Children of God as a result of the 'BESTOWED LOVE' of God; that which we didn't work for. We are children of God! Therefore, he says when he comes we shall look like him, for we are as he is, based on his Love! Since we are certain we look like him, we purify ourselves. Therefore, Right living should be done in recognition of the Righteousness of God we have become, not to aspire to become righteous and heaven-bound! ‪#‎Epignosis‬ ‪#‎GreaterGlory‬