Monday, March 18, 2013
Children of God
Dear Friends,
A reading from the First Letter of St. John (2:28-29, 3:1-10):
And now, children, remain in [Jesus], so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame by him at his coming. If you consider that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him […]
See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.
Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him. Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil. No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot sin because he is begotten by God. In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.
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We had a beautiful day yesterday Sunday. It was sunny all morning without a cloud in the sky. It became cloudy a bit in the afternoon.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“You are children of God My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who know the Father and follow Him. The children of God receive special graces from God to remain close to Him and to avoid sin. I came into the world because all the people of the world were sinners. I took your place by atoning for your sins through My suffering and My death on the cross. Come believe in Me and repent of all your sins and you will truly be the children of God. You will have the grace then to avoid sin and you will be loved by the Father and by Me, your Savior and your Brother. I will take care of you every day and you will never be alone. My Mother is also praying for you and channeling all the graces you are to receive. Open your hearts My dear friends and you will be blessed. Live in union with Me and with all your brothers and sisters. I love you all.”
Father Melvin