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“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” Verse 4 shows the selfless nature of love. Verse 5 shows its lack of bias, opportunism, and vindictiveness. Verse 6 shows that love sympathizes with goodness. Verse 7 shows that love is long-suffering, hopeful, and enduring. A Christian is inwardly calm and outwardly gracious when mistreated. Verse 8 shows that love is eternal. Christian brotherly love should grow (2 Thes 1:3). Do you wish to grow in your love for the other members of your church? 1 Pet 4:8 [49:05] – Observe first Peter’s assumptions: he first assumes that Christians love one another. In fact, he assumes that certain fervency characterizes their brotherly love. Second, observe Peter’s exhortation: it is based upon his presumption that fervent brotherly love is evident among his readers. Third, Peter teaches that fervent Christian love deals graciously with the sins of the brethren.
Ian Migala (8/15/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” 1. THE PERFECT MODEL FOR CHRISTIAN BROTHERLY LOVE [17:09]. This is Jesus. Jn 13:34 – What is new of this commandment is the model of this love; it is not new to the Scriptures. Jn 15:13 – Surely we understand little of Christ’s love if we fail to understand what that love cost him (1 Jn 3:16). The rest of the verse reads, “and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren”. Love for the brethren will always cost us something. John teaches that love begets love, and sacrificial love is fragrant in the nostrils of God (Eph 5:2). 2. 1 CORINTHIANS 13: LOVE’S VARIOUS QUALITIES [28:40]. It is observable (1 Thes 3:12). In 1 Cor 13:1, Paul describes the uselessness of a vain and loveless display of spiritual gifts, of tongues in particular. In verse 2, he regards a person who possesses the gifts of exalted prophetic knowledge and mountain-moving faith without love as being nothing. Verse 3 shows how utterly unprofitable any kind of self-sacrificial philanthropy is if it is not motivated by love.
Ian Migala (8/15/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” We continue the study of Christians’ mutual responsibilities as brethren with B. THEY ARE EPITOMIZED IN LOVE [starting at 3:23 of the audio]. Right at the outset, we observe the duty of family love. As members of a family, we infer a sense of duty to family members. The earthly family is a helpful symbol for a Christian family, except that our identity is not physical but spiritual, and not temporal but eternal. Failure to recognize and to live out the practical implications of our essential identity as members of one another only weakens the church. The grace that should characterize a local church is its mutual brotherly love. First of all, we prove we are Christians by your love for one another (all other Christian graces are just practical expressions of love). Love for our Christian brethren proves that we possess saving faith (1 Pet 1:22). If we believe in Christ, we should love others who also believe upon Him (1 Jn 3:23). Love for our Christian brethren proves that we have been born of God and that we know and love God (1 Jn 5:1, 4:7). God’s love for us puts us under a sacred obligation to love those whom He loves—our Christian brethren (1 Jn 4:11).
