1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 Everyone who has this hope in him purify himself, just as he is pure. 1 John 3:1-3
“see him as he is” … he’s appealing to not just for a hope of a future revelation… but to pursue a deeper revelation now…
to see him as he is… not as we want him to be but as he actually is…
A better revelation of his adoration affects our sanctification…
Failing to pursue deeper revelation now because you’re gonna see him face to face later is like dropping out of grad school because you know someone’s gonna give you an honorary doctorate someday…!
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