Study Desk

Abraham was too old to have children. But from this one man came a family with as many in it as the stars in the sky and as many as the sand by the sea.

You have gathered there with God's children who were born long ago. They are citizens of heaven. God is there. He will judge all men. The spirits of all those right with God are there. They have been made perfect.

He gave us our new lives through the truth of His Word only because He wanted to. We are the first children in His family.

Religion that is pure and good before God the Father is to help children who have no parents and to care for women whose husbands have died who have troubles. Pure religion is also to keep yourself clean from the sinful things of the world.

You were chosen by God the Father long ago. He knew you were to become His children. You were set apart for holy living by the Holy Spirit. May you obey Jesus Christ and be made clean by His blood. May you be full of His loving-favor and peace.

Be like children who obey. Do not desire to sin like you used to when you did not know any better.

Sarah obeyed her husband Abraham. She respected him as the head of the house. You are her children if you do what is right and do not have fear.

My dear children, I am writing this to you so you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, there is One Who will go between him and the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the One Who is right with God.

I am writing to you, my children, for your sins have been forgiven because of Christ's name.

My children, we are near the end of the world. You have heard that the false-christ is coming. Many false-christs have already come. This is how we know the end of the world is near.

And now, my children, live by the help of Him. Then when He comes again, we will be glad to see Him and not be ashamed.

See what great love the Father has for us that He would call us His children. And that is what we are. For this reason the people of the world do not know who we are because they did not know Him.

Dear friends, we are God's children now. But it has not yet been shown to us what we are going to be. We know that when He comes again, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

My children, let no one lead you in the wrong way. The man who does what is right, is right with God in the same way as Christ is right with God.

This is the way you can know who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil. The person who does not keep on doing what is right and does not love his brother does not belong to God.

My children, let us not love with words or in talk only. Let us love by what we do and in truth.

My children, you are a part of God's family. You have stood against these false preachers and had power over them. You had power over them because the One Who lives in you is stronger than the one who is in the world.

Dear friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. Those who love are God's children and they know God.

The person who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. The person who loves the Father loves His children also.

This is the way we know we love God's children. It is when we love God and obey His Word.