OUTLINE:

We will have assurance at the second coming:

I.              WHEN WE ABIDE IN CHRIST. (V. 28)

II.            WHEN WE LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY. (V. 29)

III.         WHEN WE REMEMBER WHO WE ARE. (V. 1)

Who we have become:

(a.)       It is to be beheld.

(b.)       It is to be received.

(c.)        It is a calling.

(d.)       It is a separation.

IV.          WHEN WE HOPE IN THE PROMISE. (Vv. 2-3)