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1John: Love Beyond Reason The Pretenders (1John 3:1-10)November 17, 2013Today\u2019s Goal (Key Vs (Vs 10)): To understand that true believers will walk in submission to Christ and in relationship with other believers4 Reasons we desire to be different: 1. We are loved by God (3:1):Vs 1a App: Bask in His love and you will be changedVs 1b App: Rather than get defensive, love and pray for those who do not yet know Him2. We have a hope of becoming like Christ (3:2-3):Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.1John 2:6App: Learn to ask, \u201cWhat would Jesus do?\u201d3. Christ died for us (3-8):If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the Truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1:8-9\u201cWhat shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Romans 6:1-2App 1: Recognize that practicing sin is not evidence of a believer App 2: Others of you need to stop beating yourselves up\u2026there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus\u2026 Romans 8:1To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2Corinthians 12:7-104. The Holy Spirit lives in us (9-10):App: Call on the name of the Lord allowing Him to have residence on the throne of your lifeWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?