1 John 3
Deliberate sin is a serious thing.
When you deliberately sin, you grieve the heart of the Father, who loves you and has a wonderful future plan for you.
You grieve the Saviour, who died for you and delivered you from the power of Satan.
Deliberate sin grieves the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and gave you a new birth – you have a new nature and a new Father.
Therefore you should live a new life.
Well to John, the lack of love is the same as hatred.
And hatred is the moral equivalent of murder, according to Matthew chapter 5.
Deliberate sin also grieves God's people, because we cannot minister to them as we should if we're not walking in love and in the light.
So strive to have a heart that's right before God and men.
Ask God to use you to become an encouragement and help to others.
Love is more than a matter of words.
1 John 4
Love is evidence of salvation.
If you're born of God through faith in Jesus Christ, you have His nature within.
Since God is love, His children who have His nature should also manifest His love.
The children, in other words, should be like the Father.
Our love for others makes God's love real and visible to them.
So we can better witness to them about Christ.
Now it also makes God real and personal to us.
Merely reading in the Bible about God's love is not enough, is it?
Seek to experience that love in your heart by sharing it with others.
That's like priming the pump.
That's how we get the love out.
Just as truth is victorious over lies, love is victorious over fear.
As you mature in your love for God, you realise that you have nothing to fear.
Your Father has everything under control.
You trust those you love, right?
And faith and love will give victory over fear!
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