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“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” (1 John 3:2).
It is a wonderful thing to be a son (or child) of God! If we are truly saved, we have been brought into His family, and we belong to Him. Our verse today reminds us of this wonderful truth, but it also reminds us that while we are down here in this world, we do not look like children of God. Because sin has come into this world, we have bodies that are subject to aging, disease, and eventually death, if the Lord does not come first and take us home to be with Himself.
However, when the Lord does come, we will immediately have “bodies of glory”—bodies that are perfectly like Christ’s body. Later, when the Lord Jesus comes back to this world in power and glory to set up His kingdom and to reign, we will come with Him. At that time the whole world will see that you and I are perfectly like Christ. The Lord wants us to enjoy this hope, and to look forward to it!
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