Breastplate of righteousness: Righteousness is a fruit of faith in Christ

1st John 3:7-10 | Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous. But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.

• Today’s passage compares two people. Who are they and how are they different? 

• Why doesn’t a child of God live in repetitive or habitual sin? 

• Do you align with a child of God according to this passage? 

• In what ways or why not?

• Can other people see that you are a child of God with faith in Christ? How do you know or if not, why?

• If you’ve been practicing repetitive sin, what might be the problem according to this passage? 

• What needs to be done about it? 

• How can you flee sin and pursue righteousness today? [See Acts 3:19]