The Apostle John ended the first major section of his letter by exhorting his readers to remain in God. In order to do so, we must look forward to Christ’s second coming and we must also look backward to Christ’s first coming. His second coming motivates us to participate in the process of sanctification in the present while His first coming reminds us how far His death on the cross has brought us from our helpless and sinful life.
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