John detailed how genuine faith in Christ’s coming will change our lives. In particular, John declared that the one who does not love his brother is not of God, 3:10 (read aloud). This statement serves as the spring-board to the next section (today’s section): How To Know If You’re Saved. The proof is that we love one another.
Word Study: “love” (3:11) is from agapao. The word love in English is so used and misused that its meaning is confusing. Perhaps it was that way in the first century also. John is going to help us understand what it means to love the brethren.
Is love a feeling or a commitment? What is love? Love can be very fickle. “Love is a many splendorded thing. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways . . . He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not.”
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