Bibliographical Information By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. He loved you when you could not have been worse or further from him than you were. We want the Lord to clear us and fill us so that His love can flow through us. b. He loved you when you could not have been worse or further from him than you were. This leads to easy deception. Major Prophets His love for us initiates our relationship of love with Him, our love only responds to His love for us. (1 John 4:5-6) The contrast between those in the world and those who are of God. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. If anyone is afraid of judgment they only need to ask themselves if they love God . There is a difference between the love of man, and divine love. Look through all the pages of history, and put to the noblest men and women, who seem to still live, this question, Who loves Christ? and, at once, up from dark dungeons and cruel racks there rises the confessors cry, We love him; and from the fiery stake, where they clapped their hands as they were being burned to death, the same answer comes, We love him. If you could walk through the miles of catacombs at Rome, and if the holy dead, whose dust lies there, could suddenly wake up, they would all shout, We love him. The best and the bravest of men, the noblest and purest of women, have all been in this glorious company; so, surely, you are not ashamed to come forward and say, Put my name down among them. (Spurgeon), v. Be out-and-out for him; unfurl your colours, never hide them, but nail them to the mast, and say to all who ridicule the saints, If you have any ill words for the followers of Christ, pour them out upon me but know this ye shall hear it whether you like it or not, I love Christ. (Spurgeon). The world hears them: The Christian always wants to speak to the world, and to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. You can also change some of your preferences. a. 4. It is something that every Christian should be unafraid to proclaim: I love Him; I love Jesus. Can you say that? We love him from a sense of obligation and gratitude. a. Since error has a spiritual dynamic to it, keeping in the spirit of truth is a spiritual issue. Pentateuch We have seen it with our eyes. The two people in the relationship are at the base of the triangle, and God is at the top. It is the seed whence our love springs. (Clarke), ii. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. It is a true gift from God. We use the term create to describe something that may come from someone, but isnt of the same essential nature or being. Structure. Minor Prophets The thrust of these verses is not so much her conversion but that Jesus is Messiah (verse 26). Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 Verse 5 Verse 6 Verse 7 Verse 8 Verse 9 Verse 10 Verse 11 Verse 12 Verse 13 Verse 14 Verse 15 Verse 16 Verse 17 Verse 18 Verse 19 Verse 20 Verse 21. i. When we say God is love, we are not saying everything about God. We can know, and we can know now, on this side of eternity. He is glorified, justified, forever righteous and bold, sitting at the right hand of God the Father. Here, he shows why it is so important. Yet, he preached five remarkable sermons on these eight words alone. Because of this, the excuse I just cant love that person (or other such excuses) is invalid. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. But He loved us before that, and even before the worlds were created, when our only existence was in the mind and heart of God, Jesus loved us. Instead, they are thinking of a squishy, namby-pamby, have-a-nice-day kind of love that values being nice more than wanting what is really best for the other person. Secondly, it is the testimony of the Holy Spirit within us that makes it possible for us to know that we abide in Him. The provision of the gospel, for the forgiveness . i. Sometimes Jesus seemed weak and lacking in power, but He was always full of love. iii. 2. Prophets I know that some of you are greatly distressed because you cannot love Christ as much as you would like to do, and you keep on fretting because it is so. Historical Books General Epistles ii. There is no exception to this rule; if a man loves not God, neither is he born of God. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. ii. He that is first in love, loves freely; the other therefore loves under obligation. (Poole), iii. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point One may be a spiritual dwarf because one lacks love. Do not believe every spirit: John warned against believing every spirit; that is, we are never to assume every spiritual experience or every demonstration of spiritual power is from God. He is beyond us. No one has seen God at any time: John relates a basic principle about God the Father that no one, no one, has seen God at any time. "Queenmaker" definitely feels like a product of its time, bringing female characters to the center of a political . f. For our sins: This shows the love of God. He was touching upon matters of the most vital importance, and her depraved heart naturally shrunk from the lancet, From the truth which was becoming inconveniently personal she flew to that natural resort of the carnal mind, namely, to religions discourse upon points of outward observance. Our text falls into three parts: John gives us the reason for discernment (4:1); the basis for discernment (4:2-3); and, the evidence of discernment (4:4-6). i. John makes it clear that error has a spiritual dynamic to it; it isnt just about being educated or smart. Being born of God and abiding with Him give us the ability to love; but it is a choice of our will to draw upon that resource and give it out to others. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." Explanation and Commentary of 1 John 4:18. The Gospels This love will lead to practical action. Pauline Epistles d. We love Him because He first loved us: This verse tells us why we love Jesus, and how we can love Him more. ( 1 John 4:7-8) The call to love. And faith is the key to being an overcomer, for it is by faith that we are saved. Paul knew that nothing could separate him from the love of God that was in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:35-39), and each Christian should have the same confidence. This job is to be done using the gifts of discernment God has given to Christians in general, especially the leadership of a congregation. The principle of presenting a true Jesus is essential to the testing of spirits. We love him from a sense of obligation and gratitude. But it does not eliminate His holiness, His righteousness, or His perfect justice. Poetical Books The reason for discernment: Discernment is essential because Satan and his forces are at work in the world (4:1). i. Once any academic throws out the historical evidence of the New Testament and other reliable ancient writings, they can only base their understanding of Jesus on their own personal opinion. Luke-Acts By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:35). Spiritually, we can have that same standing now, while we are in the world, because as He is, so are we in the world. iii. Poetical Books Faith alone occupies that place. (Spurgeon). b. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. John Chapter 4. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. He loved some of you when you were in the dancing saloon, when you were in the playhouse, ay, even when you were in the brothel. (1) The fact of false prophets and the need to test the spirits. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. v. The Bible also tells us that God is spirit (John 4:24), God is light (1 John 1:5), and that God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29). The Word of life (1 John 1:1-4) v1 We declare this to you about the Word of life. There was nothing better God the Father could give to lost humanity than the gift of the Son of God Himself. It would have been far more than we deserved. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Love is the proof we are taught to look for. Scripture: 1 John 4:20-5:5. If someone says, I love God: It is often easier for someone to proclaim his love for God, because that regards a private relationship with an invisible God. i. God made love real and present by sending Jesus to live among us and to die for us. i. a. This means that there will be agreement and confirmation from the body of Christ, though perhaps (or probably) not everyone will agree or confirm. Yet, if we abide in Him, and He in us (1 John 4:13), then our identity is bound up in Jesus: as He is, so are we in the world. This specific word for knows (ginosko) is the word for a knowledge by experience. Without God, there is no love because love . Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. Oh sir, this is indeed a cowardly fear! (Spurgeon), iv. Ah, it's a shame the closing song changes after a few episodes of a K-drama; the first one is so fun and pumping to match the atmosphere of the show's strong female characters. This understanding gives great confidence and spiritual power. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. d. Love is of God: The love John speaks of comes from the ancient Greek word agape; it is the concept of a self-giving love that gives without demanding or expecting re-payment it is the God-kind of love. g. God is love: There are few people who really know and really believe that God is love. I know that some of you are greatly distressed because you cannot love Christ as much as you would like to do, and you keep on fretting because it is so. i. c. And knows God: There are several different words in the ancient Greek language translated know into English. 1:1-4 That essential Good, that uncreated Excellence, which had been from the beginning, from eternity, as equal with the Father, and which at length appeared in human nature for the salvation of sinners, was the great subject concerning which the apostle wrote to his brethren. I pray that I may decrease and that You may increase in every area of my life, until I become a transparent conduit through whom Your divine love flows to others, to Your praise and glory. Prophets That God has sent His only begotten Son into the world: John is careful to call Jesus the only begotten Son. God determined that all who believe on Him would become His children and be covered in Christ's righteousness. If you had a pipe that was clogged water kept going into it, but never came out, that pipe would be useless. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. Today, we are passionate about saying, Jesus is God, and we should be. many false prophets have gone out into the world, Test the spirits, whether they are of God, Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world, He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us, Let us love one another, for love is of God, Everyone who loves is born of God He who does not love does not know God, In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent His only begotten Son, That God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins, the Father sent the Son as Savior of the world, Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God, And we have known and believed the love God has for us, He who abides in love abides in God, and God in him, That we may have boldness in the day of judgment, But he who fears has not been made perfect in love, If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar, He who loves God must love his brother also, David Guzik :: Hechos 2 El Espritu Santo Es Derramado Sobre la Iglesia, Four Views on the Millennium - Study Resources, Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Lamentations 4, Harmony of the Gospels - Study Resources - Study Resources, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jonathan Edwards :: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, David Guzik :: Apocalipsis 20 Satans, el Pecado y la Muerte son Finalmente Eliminados, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 17-25 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Lamentations 1-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Knowing and understanding Jesus is the foundation for abiding in Him (. a. Major Prophets iii. If we are born of Him and are abiding in Him then the resources for love are there. ii. You may know you are a sinner now; you will really, You may know now you are not a better person than those who are going to hell; you will really, You may know the reality of hell now; you will really, You may know the greatness of Jesus salvation now; you will really, Boice, James Montgomery "The Epistles of John: An Expositional Commentary" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1979), Clarke, Adam "Clarke's Commentary: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with a Commentary and Critical Notes" Volume 6 (Romans-Revelation) (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1832), Marshall, I. Howard "The Epistles of John" (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1978), Poole, Matthew "A Commentary on the Holy Bible" Volume 3 (Matthew-Revelation) (London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1969), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). e. Everyone who loves is born of God He who does not love does not know God: This does not mean that every display of love in the world can only come from a Christian. The Old Testament 1 John 4. Prophets If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. As Jesus said, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34). Johannine Writings The gospel recognized that both Jesus' followers and his foes agreed that he was human, but not everyone could see God's work being revealed . And in John 15:7, He said, If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you. We should consider what would it take to make us stop believing God loves us. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. e. We have seen and testify: Speaking as one who has the Spirit of God (He has given us of His Spirit), John declares three essential truths about who God is and how He saves us. Our love for God doesnt really say anything great about us. When {1} therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (1) This balance is to be kept in doing our duty, that neither by fear are we terrified from going forward, and neither by rashness procure or bring dangers upon ourselves. Ah! This is what we have heard. d. Boldness in the day of judgment: How can anyone have such boldness? (1 John 4:4) The protection of the child of God. i. c. Test the spirits, whether they are of God: This is the responsibility of every Christian, but especially of congregational leadership. This is one of the apostles citing the collective testimony of all the apostles and making that testimony the measure of truth and sound doctrine. (Boice). Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word | . Love was the constant, greatest evidence of the presence and work of God in Jesus Christ. The Gospels i. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The New Testament iv. g. In this is love: Real love, agape love, is not defined by our love for God, but by His love for us. He has been saying that perfect love produces courage in the day of judgment, because it produces likeness to Christ, who is the Judge. But it is there, and its presence is demonstrated by our love for one another and our agreement with Gods truth and that all serves to give us boldness. Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. a. It is the fear that is the opposite of boldness in the day of judgment. But He loved us before that, and even before the worlds were created, when our only existence was in the mind and heart of God, Jesus loved us. 4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Instead, we know the holiness of God is loving, and the righteousness of God is loving, and the justice of God is loving. This day is coming! The meaning is, that many had gone out into the world pretending to be true teachers of religion, but who inculcated most dangerous doctrines; and it was their duty to be on their guard against them, for they had the very spirit of antichrist, 1 John 4:3. i. Instead it is the community of sinful humanity that is united in rebellion against God. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. i. Jesus said in Matthew 5:23-24, Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. Though it may not be perfected, it must be present and it should be growing. 3. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. i. You may know something without being in agreement with it; God demands our true agreement. Just because the world is hearing the message doesnt prove that the message is Gods message. But how can I love a God who is invisible? God would say to us, Learn to love Me, Whom you cannot see, by loving My children, whom you can see.. When we know God, and are of God, we hear what the Bible says. d. He who loves God must love his brother also: We can also learn how to love God by loving people. b. Love is by no means the root. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Cookie Notice: (1 John 4:9-11) The meaning of love and its application. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. i. John comes back to the familiar idea: if we really walk in Gods love towards us, it will be evident in our love for one another. f. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God: It isnt enough to know the facts about who Jesus is; we must confess the truth. Jesus loved you when you lived carelessly, when you neglected his Word, when the knee was unbent in prayer. Since no one has seen God at any time, this provides evidence for the presence of God. I stand here to preach illimitable love, unbounded grace, to the vilest of the vile, to those who have nothing in them that can deserve consideration from God, men who ought to be swept into the bottomless pit at once if justice meted out to them their deserts. (Spurgeon). Jesus loved you when you lived carelessly, when you neglected his Word, when the knee was unbent in prayer. 1 John 4:18. Verse 1 John 4:2. We might be satisfied to merely survive the day of judgment, but God wants to so fill our lives with His love and His truth that we have boldness in the day of judgment. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. He loved us when we were still sinners: Every man that ever was saved had to come to God not as a lover of God, but as a sinner, and then believe in Gods love to him as a sinner. (Spurgeon), ii. It might have shown enough love that the Father sent the Son, and not some lower-grade angel; but He sent the Son, not on a fact-finding mission or merely a mission of compassion He sent the Son to die for our sins. He teaches us that the benefit of sacraments depends not on the hand that administers them. After any sort of effort to communicate with Evelyn fails, a drunk . 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