How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
(v1-2, NIV)
Apparently, the world does not know us. It would make sense with the analogy of light and darkness. God is light and in him is no darkness. The children of God abide in the light. However, there are those who are of the darkness, and they do not know of the light. They do not have fellowship with God who is light, since they are in darkness. Since we abide in the light, and they do not know God who is light, they do not know us.
When don't know what we will be. It has not yet been made known. However, there is hope in the promise that we will be like him when he appears. Of course, our transformation, progress and result is only because of the Lord. It is only because of him that we could be saved from our wretched state. However, have confidence and hope in the promise and transforming work through him.
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