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July 19
Thursday


MORE THAN
WE IMAGINE

READ:
1 John 2:28-3:3
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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. __1 John 3:2
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For decades, astronomical artists have painted scenes of the universe based on a combination of scientific information and their own imaginations. But photographs from robotic space probes and the Hubble Space Telescope have redefined these artists' view of reality. In a Los Angeles Times article, space artist Don Dixon said the first pictures of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa "truned out to be much more exotic than anybody imagined." Dixon now considers 70 percent of his space paintings to be "dated concepts" because reality has become more awesome than imagination.

While the Bible tells us what Jesus said and did, it doesn't describe how He looked. Our mental picture of Him has likely been influenced by art and illustrations in Sunday school materials. But one day, our image of Christ will be forever changed when we meet Him fact to face. "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" (1 John 3:2). That hope will produce in us a pursuit of purity (v.3).

Not only will we see our Lord as He is, but we will also be like Him. What an astonishing reality that will be__more than we ever imagined! __David McCasland
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~~~~~~~~~~~When Christ returns, we'll see His face~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~And be transformed by His good grace;~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hope will become reality__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~Much more than we could ever see. __Sper~~~~~~~~~
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All that we long to become
will find fulfillment in our first look at Jesus.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 John 2:28-3:3*************

28 And now, little children,
abide in Him, that when
He appears, we may have
confidence and not be
ashamed before Him at
His coming.

29 If you know that He is
righteous, you know that
everyone who practices
righteousness is born of
Him.

1 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.

2 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.

3 And everyone who has
this hope in Him purifies
himself, just as He is pure.

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Wuest's Word Studies gives us the following defination of the word
confidence found in verse 28 of today's Bible reading: "Confidence
means...cheerful courage, boldness, assurance. The word speaks
of the heart attitude of a saint who lives so close to the Lord Jesus
that there is nothing...of known sin in his life when the rapture
occurs...He maintains a constant yieldedness to and dependence
upon the Holy Spirit to show him sin in his life and give him the
grace to judge it and put it out." __HDF