Do you look like your parents? For me, some may say I really look like my dad. He just smiles more often and I don’t. Hehe. It’s just amazing to see how a child can really resemble his or her father or mother. We have a resemblance to our earthly parents no matter who big or small it may be. But we should also consider our resemblance to our heavenly Father. We will learn a lot about this as we study 1 John chapter 3.

1. RESEMBLE THE FATHER,
ABIDE IN CHRIST

2. 1 John 3:1
1 See how great a love the Father has
bestowed on us, that we would be called
children of God; and such we are.

3. Galatians 4:4-6
4 But when the fullness of the time came,
God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,
born under the Law, 5 so that He might
redeem those who were under the Law, that
we might receive the adoption as sons. 6
Because you are sons, God has sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “
Abba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer
a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir
through God.

4. Galatians 4:6
Because you are sons, God has sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “
Abba! Father!”

5. Galatians 4:7
Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son;
and if a son, then an heir through God.

6. Galatians 4:7
Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son;
and if a son, then an heir through God.

7. John 1:12-13
But as many as received Him, to them He
gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name, who
were born, not of blood nor of the will of the
flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

8. RESEMBLE THE FATHER,
ABIDE IN CHRIST

9. RESEMBLE THE FATHER,
ABIDE IN CHRIST
1. We will not Sin (1 John 3:4-10)

10. RESEMBLE THE FATHER,
ABIDE IN CHRIST
1. We will not Sin (1 John 3:4-10)
2. We will love Others (1 John 3:11-15)

11. 1) WE WILL NOT SIN

12. 1 John 3:4-7
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices
lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You
know that He appeared in order to take away
sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one
who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has
seen Him or knows Him. 7 Little children,
make sure no one deceives you; the one who
practices righteousness is righteous, just as
He is righteous;

13. 1 John 3:8-9
8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for
the devil has sinned from the beginning. The
Son of God appeared for this purpose, to
destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one who
is born of God practices sin, because His
seed abides in him; and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.

14. 1 John 3:4-7
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices
lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You
know that He appeared in order to take away
sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one
who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has
seen Him or knows Him. 7 Little children,
make sure no one deceives you; the one who
practices righteousness is righteous, just as
He is righteous;

15. 1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are
deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us

16. 1 John 3:6-9
6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one
who sins has seen Him or knows
Him. 7 Little children, make sure no
one deceives you; the one who practices
righteousness is righteous, just as He is
righteous….9 No one who is born of
God practices sin, because His seed abides in
him; and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.

17. 1 John 3:6-9
6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one
who sins has seen Him or knows
Him. 7 Little children, make sure no
one deceives you; the one who practices
righteousness is righteous, just as He is
righteous….9 No one who is born of
God practices sin, because His seed abides in
him; and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.

18. 1 John 3:6-9
6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one
who sins has seen Him or knows
Him. 7 Little children, make sure no
one deceives you; the one who practices
righteousness is righteous, just as He is
righteous….9 No one who is born of
God practices sin, because His seed abides in
him; and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.

19. 1 John 2:5-6
But whoever keeps
His word, in him
the love of God has
truly been
perfected. By this we
know that we are in
Him: 6 the one who
says he abides in
Him ought himself
to walk in the same
manner as He
walked.
1 John 2:10
The one who loves
his brother abides in
the Light and there is
no cause for
stumbling in him.
1 John 2:24
As for you, let that
abide in you which
you heard from the
beginning. If what
you heard from the
beginning abides in
you, you also will
abide in the Son and
in the Father.

20. 1 John 2:5-6
But whoever keeps
His word, in him
the love of God has
truly been
perfected. By this we
know that we are in
Him: 6 the one who
says he abides in
Him ought himself
to walk in the same
manner as He
walked.
1 John 2:10
The one who loves
his brother abides in
the Light and there is
no cause for
stumbling in him.
1 John 2:24
As for you, let that
abide in you which
you heard from the
beginning. If what
you heard from the
beginning abides in
you, you also will
abide in the Son and
in the Father.

21. 1 John 2:5-6
But whoever keeps
His word, in him
the love of God has
truly been
perfected. By this we
know that we are in
Him: 6 the one who
says he abides in
Him ought himself
to walk in the same
manner as He
walked.
1 John 2:10
The one who loves
his brother abides in
the Light and there is
no cause for
stumbling in him.
1 John 2:24
As for you, let that
abide in you which
you heard from the
beginning. If what
you heard from the
beginning abides in
you, you also will
abide in the Son and
in the Father.

22. 1 John 3:6-9
6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one
who sins has seen Him or knows
Him. 7 Little children, make sure no
one deceives you; the one who practices
righteousness is righteous, just as He is
righteous….9 No one who is born of
God practices sin, because His seed abides in
him; and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.

23. 1 John 3:6-9
6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one
who sins has seen Him or knows
Him. 7 Little children, make sure no
one deceives you; the one who practices
righteousness is righteous, just as He is
righteous….9 No one who is born of
God practices sin, because His seed abides in
him; and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.

24. John 15:4-5
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in
the vine, so neither can you unless you abide
in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches;
he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears
much fruit, for apart from Me you can do
nothing.

25. What is the significance of the Branch and the
Vine in Abiding?

26. 1 John 3:10
By this the children of God and the children
of the devil are obvious: anyone who does
not practice righteousness is not of God, nor
the one who does not love his brother.

27. 1) WE WILL LOVE OTHERS

28. 1 John 3:11-12
11 For this is the message which you have
heard from the beginning, that we should
love one another; 12 not as Cain, who was
of the evil one and slew his brother. And for
what reason did he slay him? Because his
deeds were evil, and his brother’s were
righteous.

29. Genesis 4:8
Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about
when they were in the field, that Cain rose up
against Abel his brother and killed him

30. 1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a
murderer; and you know that no murderer
has eternal life abiding in him

31. 1 John 3:16-17
16 We know love by this, that He laid down
His life for us; and we ought to lay down our
lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has the
world’s goods, and sees his brother in need
and closes his heart against him, how does
the love of God abide in him?

32. 1 John 3:18
18 Little children, let us not love with word or
with tongue, but in deed and truth.

33. Luke 6:32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them.

34. Luke 6:27-31
27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do
good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse
you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 Whoever hits
you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever
takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from
him either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and
whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it
back. 31 Treat others the same way you want them to
treat you.

35. Luke 6:32-36
32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 If
you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 If you
lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what
credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in
order to receive back the same amount. 35 But love
your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting
nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and
you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is
kind to ungrateful and evil men. 36 Be merciful, just as
your Father is merciful.

36. Luke 6:32-36
32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 If
you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 If you
lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what
credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in
order to receive back the same amount. 35 But love
your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting
nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and
you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is
kind to ungrateful and evil men. 36 Be merciful, just as
your Father is merciful.

37. 1 John 3:16
We know love by this, that He laid down His
life for us; and we ought to lay down our
lives for the brethren.

38. 1 John 3:19-22
19 We will know by this that we are of the
truth, and will assure our heart before
Him 20 in whatever our heart condemns us;
for God is greater than our heart and knows
all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not
condemn us, we have confidence before
God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from
Him, because we keep His commandments
and do the things that are pleasing in His
sight.

39. 1 John 3:23
23 This is His commandment, that we believe
in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and
love one another, just as He commanded
us. 24 The one who keeps His
commandments abides in Him, and He in
him. We know by this that He abides in us,
by the Spirit whom He has given us.

40. 1 John 3:1
See how great a love the Father has bestowed
on us, that we would be called children of God;
and such we are.

41. RESEMBLE THE FATHER,
ABIDE IN CHRIST
1. We will not Sin (1 John 3:4-10)
2. We will love Others (1 John 3:11-15)

42. Breakout Questions
1. Can you recall a significant change in your
life that you know is only possible through
Jesus Christ?
2. What changes can you do so you will abide
more in Christ?
3. How much have you grown in the aspect of
loving other people?
4. Is there someone in your work that you are
having a hard time working with? What can
you do to show love to that person?