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JUNE 7
WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM

Scripture:  1 John 3:1-2 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see Him as he is.”

    As children of God, we have this hope, that one day we will see Jesus!  I have already seen Him by the eyes of faith and I know Him as my Savior, but one day we shall look upon His face!  One day we shall see Him as he is.   
     Oliver Greene has an excellent statement on this point: "What we shall be hereafter is not fully revealed, but we know that we are sons of God now and that we are predestined to be conformed to the image of His dear Son (Romans 8:29).  'We shall be like him.' What is involved in this tremendous declaration we do not fully know now, and even if God had seen fit to explain it to us, we would not be able to understand it with our poor, limited, finite minds! Why do I say that? The Scriptures tell us that after His resurrection Jesus ascended to the Father and then returned to earth again—perhaps in a matter of seconds. He entered a room where all doors were closed and the windows were locked, and appeared in the midst of His disciples (John 20:19-28). He invited them, 'Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have...and they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them' (Luke 24:36-43).
      "We cannot understand a body, a personality, like that, we cannot comprehend such tremendous truth with these finite minds. Therefore God did not explain in detail what it will mean to be like Jesus. We will just wait and let Him show us in that glorious resurrection morning" (Oliver Greene. The Epistles of John. Greenville, SC: The Gospel Hour, 1966, p.112f).