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.
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.