Love your brother & sister in Christ - to know God

[PeterJens]

No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
1 John 3:6

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
1 John 5:1-2

And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 4:21

John is very blunt. God is light and in Him there is no darkness.
God is love. If we have hate in us, we are not purified and not abiding in Christ.

If a brother or sister comes and hates you, or accuses you of malice, evil intent
in truth it is their problem they are projecting on you, unless you show the rejection
and words of hate against them.

I have found people who claim authority, the ability to correct, to speak on behalf
of the Lord yet they display hatred and rejection which says they do not love.

John says simply, they do not know Christ or abide in Him.

So if you want to teach or exhort or stand in Christ, make sure love dwells in your
heart and God has purified you, or you are standing alone.

And by brothers and sisters love is not hard or difficult, it comes from repentance,
forgiveness, humblness, bowing before the cross, and knowing our weaknesses and
failures. So judge as God gives you wisdom and listen to those who walk in love.

 

[FreeNChrist]

Love comes from the God who is love. It is the fruit of His Spirit, produced by Him, in and through those who are living by faith in Jesus Christ.

 

[dcontroversal]

Love comes from the God who is love. It is the fruit of His Spirit, produced by Him, in and through those who are living by faith in Jesus Christ.

Yes a by product of faith and salvation.....Is not love a SPIRITUAL GIFT..........sure it is....just like salvation....not earned, but given.....and even the ability to believe is given as in FAITH.......

 

[PeterJens]

Amen. God is love, and the fruit of all His work is love and righteousness.

All the love we possess is a gift of God, created in us as humans, and brought out in our
lives through the Cross and Christ. Only in Christ can love be fully expressed and understood,
and though we have the shadow of love in our hearts before we come to faith, it is only
truly realised when we are in faith.

 

[Grace777x70]

Yes a by product of faith and salvation.....Is not love a SPIRITUAL GIFT..........sure it is....just like salvation....not earned, but given.....and even the ability to believe is given as in FAITH.......

Amen...love is the fruit of the life of Christ being manifested in us. We love because He first loved us. The Holy Spirit has poured the love of God into us. Rom. 5:5

 

[FreeNChrist]

Amen. God is love, and the fruit of all His work is love and righteousness.

All the love we possess is a gift of God, created in us as humans, and brought out in our
lives through the Cross and Christ. Only in Christ can love be fully expressed and understood,
and though we have the shadow of love in our hearts before we come to faith, it is only
truly realised when we are in faith.

Love is an attribute of God. The love of God cannot be separated from God Himself....it is the outflow of His Spirit within us towards others. Which is why it takes God in us for us to be man as He created man to be.

 

[PeterJens]

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:16-18

 

[PrynceNY]

I argree, it's unfortunate so many brothers & sisters condemn eachother instead of displaying love & reproof. The Lord desires for no one to perish unfortunately some "christians" don't have that same mentality

 

[FreeNChrist]

I argree, it's unfortunate so many brothers & sisters condemn eachother instead of displaying love & reproof. The Lord desires for no one to perish unfortunately some "christians" don't have that same mentality

There is definitely a lot of condemning that goes on, but I see very little of "brothers and sisters" condemning each other.

 

[PrynceNY]

There is definitely a lot of condemning that goes on, but I see very little of "brothers and sisters" condemning each other.

I see alot of brothers & sisters arguing with eachother opposed to praying for one another

 

[blue_ladybug]

How do you know they don't pray for each other? Just because they don't post a prayer here, doesn't mean that they don't include others in their prayers said at home..

I see alot of brothers & sisters arguing with eachother opposed to praying for one another

 

[Stunnedbygrace]

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:16-18

I have a question? How do I lay down my life for my brother? Most of us will probably never face a situation where we jump in front of a bullet to save someone else physically. So what do you think the spirit of these words is? Is the spirit of them to simply give money and clothing to others?

 

[PrynceNY]

How do you know they don't pray for each other? Just because they don't post a prayer here, doesn't mean that they don't include others in their prayers said at home..

As much contempt I've seen people displayed towards eachother on here it's hard to conclude they do. If compassion was displayed then yea.

 

[LaurenTM]

As much contempt I've seen people displayed towards eachother on here it's hard to conclude they do. If compassion was displayed then yea.

just make sure YOU don't do it!

be careful in your judging of everyone else, that you do not the exact same thing

just a friendly reminder

contempt is a funny thing...in pointing it out, it may rub 'off'

 

[reneweddaybyday]

I have a question? How do I lay down my life for my brother? Most of us will probably never face a situation where we jump in front of a bullet to save someone else physically. So what do you think the spirit of these words is?

In view of what we see sometimes in the pages of threads posted here on CC, maybe to lay down our lives is to not allow our "self" to be revealed in unkind words as we respond to others?


Or what about thoughts we have when we see some of the things we see in our society? Like when we see parents who lose custody of their children because they are drug addicts? Do we look on the parent in contempt? Or do we look on the parent with sympathy because they are in such bondage to their drug addiction that their children are put in danger and have to be removed?


I know, and you know, the answer to their dilemma is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who can and will deliver from bondage. And this deliverance is 100% complete and utter release. But we see our society offering counseling or drug treatment (replacing one drug - methadone - for another).

Is the spirit of them to simply give money and clothing to others?

The other day a woman approached me and asked for money. Said she was hungry and needed something to eat. I offered her some of my lunch and she declined. Said it would upset her stomach to eat my food. So what was she really after????