THE BELIEVER AND LOVE (4 OF 5)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: 1 John 2:7-11, 1 John 3:11-24, 1 John 4:7-21
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The Believer and Love (4 of 5)
Series: Rest Assured
Josh Malone
1 John 2:7-11, 3:11-24, 4:7-21
We are in a series called Rest Assured: Being Certain of Your Salvation.
Today, we are going to talk about another mark of the believer. LOVE. - Love is the defining ethic of the people of God. - Christians love God and they love people and they especially love God's people, the church. Listen to what Jesus said ...
John 13:34-35- A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.''
The identifying mark of the Christian church is love for one another. Jesus' church, His people, is to be marked by love for one another. - It's supposed to be so tangible that people see it and know we belong to Jesus. - We are to be a radically new community.
John addresses the idea of love about three different times throughout the book. Let's walk through this to better understand love, God's love, and our love for one another.
1 John 2:7-11- 7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Here's the big point of the passage... people in the light... believers... do not hate their brother. Hatred for another is evidence of spiritual darkness.. lostness, and death. So early on in the book, John is ...
Series: Rest Assured
Josh Malone
1 John 2:7-11, 3:11-24, 4:7-21
We are in a series called Rest Assured: Being Certain of Your Salvation.
Today, we are going to talk about another mark of the believer. LOVE. - Love is the defining ethic of the people of God. - Christians love God and they love people and they especially love God's people, the church. Listen to what Jesus said ...
John 13:34-35- A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.''
The identifying mark of the Christian church is love for one another. Jesus' church, His people, is to be marked by love for one another. - It's supposed to be so tangible that people see it and know we belong to Jesus. - We are to be a radically new community.
John addresses the idea of love about three different times throughout the book. Let's walk through this to better understand love, God's love, and our love for one another.
1 John 2:7-11- 7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Here's the big point of the passage... people in the light... believers... do not hate their brother. Hatred for another is evidence of spiritual darkness.. lostness, and death. So early on in the book, John is ...
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