1 JOHN #75 - Hope is confidence guaranteed by the Word of God. (12/18/25 )

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1 John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Extended verse:
1 John 3:3 And, everyone (mature believers) who keeps on having this hope in him . . . purifies himself just as He (that Unique Person of the Universe – the Humanity of Jesus Christ
is pure.

Note: This verse is indicating that just as Jesus did NOT sin in the Prototype Divine Dynasphere, no one can sin while residing IN the Divine Dynasphere.

The mature believer or the believer approaching maturity, has this hope in him.

HOPE: ELPIS, - Gr. ἐλπίς,

1. Hope or elpis is absolute confidence regarding something in the future, something that hasn’t occurred but something that is guaranteed by the Word of God.
2. Hope is confident anticipation of reality before that reality occurs, therefore linked to assurance and confidence about the future. In this verse assurance and confidence about the future, the Rapture of the Church.
3. Bible doctrine resident in the soul from the function of the Divine Dynasphere is the basis for this hope or confidence about the future. We have fulfilled the principle, the mandates regarding residence in the Divine Dynasphere; we have fulfilled the mandates regarding these functions which takes us to maturity and gives us hope and confidence.
4. Therefore, hope is a doctrinal motivator for self-determination inside the Divine Dynasphere. Those who possess hope have self-motivation to advance to spiritual maturity. They not only have self-motivation but at the same time, they have the necessary ability to recognize the plan of God and not be deterred by people, a bad system, or thought distraction.
5. Divine blessing is anticipated through hope and administered through imputation.
6. The imputation is made from the justice of God to the indwelling righteousness of God which was imputed at salvation.
7. Hope can become an absolute confidence with assurance that when we stand at the judgement seat of Christ as mature believers -- those who have advanced spiritually will receive a superior resurrection body and the imputation of eternal blessing and reward which glorifies God forever. This fulfils the principle of:

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad (worthless).

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…

“purifies himself” – AGNIZO, ἁγνίζ, (v.pai); ② to cause to be morally pure, purify

Principles

1. The advance to spiritual maturity, the ultimate objective, creates a purity or virtue in one’s life – purity of motivation inside the Divine Dynasphere.
2. The only purity in life, then, is located inside the Divine Dynasphere.
3. Outside the Divine Dynasphere there is no genuine purity or virtue of life.
4. Purity or virtue, therefore, is a status inside the DIvine Dynasphere only.
5. Outside the DIvine Dynasphere the believer resides in the Cosmic System where he is hypocritical and double dealing, even when practicing the virtues of life – such as love and generosity.
6. There is no doctrine found in the soul apart from the daily function of the Grace System of Perception, inside the Divine Dynasphere.

Simultaneously, the believer is purifying himself, so that Bible doctrine learned inside of the Divine Dynasphere is taking the virtue of the Divine Dynasphere and transferring it to his soul – another reason for learning Bible doctrine: there is no virtue apart from doctrine resident in the soul. There is no doctrine found in the soul apart from the daily function of the Grace System of Perception inside the Divine Dynasphere.