I know that I am God’s son. I know that someday I shall see Him. And then I shall be like Him.

What of it? I mean, what does that have to do with my life now?

According to 1 John 3:3, such hope causes me to purity myself:

“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”

The certainty that I am God’s son and the certainty of seeing Him someday causes me to avoid evil and say “No!” to sin. (Most of the time, I must add.)

Another way of purifying myself is reading the Bible, meditating on and living by God’s Word.

“…Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” (Ephesians 5:25,26).

That is a work I want Him to do in me!

God wants me to avoid sin. To put it another way, He doesn’t want me to sin.

So one thing He did was write me a long letter.

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not…” (1 John 2:1).

One reason God had the Bible written is that I might not sin. Wow!

Alas, even though God has written much and done much to keep me from sinning, I still sin at times. Maybe even lots of times.

He’s done something about that too!

“And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”

advocate — One that pleads in another’s behalf; an intercessor; a supporter or defender.