1 John 3:2 (KJV)
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
We Shall Be Like Him
A man recently accused me, as a Christian, of believing in absolutes. Apparently, the atheist has none. But that’s not true—they loudly claim there is no God. They loudly claim there is no afterlife. Even when some say those things “might” be true but that we cannot know for sure, they prefer to err on the side of no God and no afterlife.
The Christian, however, errs on the other side because we know God. Note, I did not say we know God exists; I said we know God. That He exists is a given.
Having said that, Christians freely confess there are many things we do not know:
- We do not know the day or the hour the Lord will come.
- We do not know whether we will be ushered into heaven through death or the rapture.
- We do not know everything about heaven.
- We do not know exactly what we shall be.
Here’s what we do know:
- We know He shall appear—this is our blessed hope.
- We know we are saved and will be caught together with Him.
- We know we shall see Him as He is.
- We know we shall be like Him.
I can’t tell you exactly what that means. I do not know. But I do know that the saved will be joint-heirs with Jesus, glorified with Jesus, and like Jesus.
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Seeing Him as He Is: The Blessed Hope of Every Believer
- Where do you find your hope for the future?
- Is it in the promises of Christ, knowing that one day you will be like Him?
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1 John 3:2 (KJV) The Blessed Hope of Every Believer
