CHILDREN OF GOD 

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be,     but we know that when He (Jesus) is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.                 1 John 3:2-3.

What a privilege to be a child of God and to possess the hope that the Bible describes as '...the anchor of our souls, both sure and steadfast and which enters the Presence behind the veil where Jesus, the forerunner, has entered for us....' (Hebrews 6:19-20).  

Picture this......a great big ship's anchor with a great big thick chain, thrown with great big strength and landing purposefully around the foot of the Cross!   THAT is what our hope in Christ looks like......  When we talk of this hope it is not the uncertain shaky little flutter in the heart, but it is a great big anchored certainty attached to the Person of Jesus.  Not a form of religion, but a living ongoing walks with me, talks with me kind of relationship.   

This ongoing partnership leads one to want to continually please our heavenly Father, which is where the purifying of ourselves comes in.  His laws and commandments are not rules we have to follow, because He has written them on our hearts - and we want to follow them, in order to demonstrate our status as children of God.  Because of the great love He has shown us in His Son.