NT Promise 120: Shall be Like Him

1 John 3:2 Behold, 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.

Now, today, we are the sons of God, and we enjoy all the rights and privileges, protection and provision, safety and freedom, of being heirs. But we do not presently see, except by faith, what that is like and what that really means.

But we have this promise: when Jesus comes again in glory, we shall be like Him, for then we will see Him in brilliant glory, beautiful holiness, and overwhelming love. We will be so overcome by the sheer, clear love of God that such awesome love powerfully motivates us to be like Him when we behold Him face to face. The unstoppable, unquenchable, brilliant love gives us the strong desire and spiritual ability to be like Him. We can’t yet see how beautiful and glorious He is, but we will.

”To be like God” was the original temptation to Adam and Eve by the Satan. The problem is that we want to like God in absolute ability to do whatever we want whenever we want for our own selfish ends. But we do not want be like God in the desire and ability to totally love others, give, and sacrifice self for the good of others. That is being like God. And the amazing promise is that someday we will be like God in perfect love. Amazing!