1 JOHN 4
Knowing God Through Love
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 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. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Everyone who loves is born of God.
He who does not love does not know God.
It does not say about not just hating, but go and love.
In the old covenant, we talk about do not steal, do not murder, do not covet.
But when it comes to new covenant, it talks about the alternative.
Not only it says do not sin, but rather live in joy, righteousness, peace.
Even to the Children, most of the times, we stop at saying DONTS.
but we dont show the alternatives, the other sides.
Peter:
Luke 5:5-8
5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
The Love of God was great not to condemn, but the repentance was brought out by showing love.
The abundance of Love brought Peter to repentance.
John 8: 7 -11
7 So when they continued asking Him, He [g]raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being[h] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up [i]and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers [j]of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go [k]and sin no more.”
Jesus did not judge, but gave the best sermon,
First God Loved - God did not wait for man to love first.
We many times we wait someone to come and show the love of Christ.
But you love.
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