Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did

1 John 2:3-11

We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

Why?

Knowing Jesus is obeying his command, it is claimed to live in Him through their love and action.

If anyone is still in the darkness, he doesn't know the love, for they are blinded by the darkness.

John called them dear children, fathers, and young men as his family.  For John loved them as his family.

Darkness and light are not walking together.

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道是神的永恆性，卻真實的生活在社會中，我們所聽見，看見的，可以摸到的那一位。主要針對諾斯底主義及當時有人認為耶穌只是幻影。我們一樣生活在人群中要行出光來，弟兄姊妹要彼此相交，建立緊密的關係。如何知道這人是否與神有關係，就是行出耶穌的樣式。忠心就是順服。我們和神有關係才有辦法活出神的誡命。順服是因為愛的關係，不是因為命令！真誠的，願意的愛主，從愛弟兄當中表現出來。

彼此相愛是新的也是舊的命令，在舊約已經有，耶穌來了之後賦予新的意義，要愛仇敵。彼此相愛的心也是新的，彼此可以體會到新的經歷到。黑暗漸漸過去，還沒有過去。神的國已經來了，現在處在一個重疊的狀態。

我們已經是光明之子，當行在光中，不可像過去行在黑暗中。

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How?

Do the right things and let our desire dead and live out the life of love from Jesus Christ.