1 John 3:16-24
Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than out hearts, and he know everything.
To believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
This love is not just talk. It expresses itself in sacrifice and self-giving. And it will touch our pockets!
If our conscience is clear on this score, we can approach God with confidence. He answers the prayers of those who obey him.
God commands us to believe that the Jesus of history is in fact the Son of God, the Christ - and to love one another as Jesus commanded. Those who do so 'live in him, and he in them'. We know it by his gift of the Spirit.
Our conscience accuses us justly. But our conscience is by no means infallible(絕對可靠); its condemnation may often be unjust. We can, therefore, appeal from our conscience to God, who... knows everything... Stronger than any chemical tranquilizer is trust in out all knowing God.
Why?
Love in action is the expression of love in truth. Love in word and tongue is nothing at all. For Christ sacrificed his life for us.
Two commands to obey:1)believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ, 2)to love one another. For we are live in Him and He is in my by Spirit.
How?
I should love my brother in church with action and love.
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