i. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Can you say, I love Jesus? iii. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Our love for God is always in response to His love for us; He initiates, and we respond. It was a sacrifice for the Father to send the Second Person of the Trinity, and a sacrifice to pour out the judgment we deserved upon God the Son. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. They are of the world. This pericope seems to be a review of what we have heard from 1 John over the previous two weeks. We come to love those better whom we love by knowing them better If you want to love Christ more, think more of him, think more of what you have received from him. (Spurgeon), e. He first loved us: This means that it is true that He loves us now. Yet, he preached five remarkable sermons on these eight words alone. Luke-Acts There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. i. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? b. . It is a positive statement, not a wishful hope. i. In its official doctrines, the Roman Catholic Church has claimed to be the us in He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 2. They are of the world: Those who are of the world are evident because they speak as of the world; the influence of the world is evident in their speech. What about the many passages of Scripture, Old and New Testament (such as Ecclesiastes 12:13 and 1 Peter 2:17), which tell us we should fear God? We touched it with our hands. Minor Prophets The New Testament (1 John 4:19) The reason for our love to Jesus. Our love for God is always in response to His love for us; He initiates, and we respond. Verses 1-42 in Chapter 4 of John seems to point out a simple outline of evangelism through the example of Jesus. But Jesus is the only begotten Son, meaning His Sonship is different than ours; He was and is of the same essential nature and being as God the Father. Believers must be discerning in spiritual matters. ii. ( John 4:1-4) Jesus travels from Judea to Galilee, passing though Samaria. Prophets 2. 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. 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). Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. i. Instead, Jesus said: If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one anothers feet (John 13:14). Are you embarrassed to say it? Today, some groups deny that Jesus is really God (such as the Jehovahs Witnesses, Mormons, and Muslims). The Christian must know and believe the love God has for us. This is a fact for every true follower of Jesus. That we might live through Him: The greatness of Gods love is shown not only in saving us from the judgment we deserved, but also in wanting us to live through Him. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. Therefore we are given a command to love, that he who loves God must love his brother also. We are human beings; He is a God-being who added humanity to His deity. God made love real and present by sending Jesus to live among us and to die for us. We watched it. Pentateuch 1 John 4:20 Vincent's Word Studies He that loveth not his brother, etc. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a f. For God is love: This is a glorious truth. This leads to easy deception. We are called to take the love and grace God gives, to know it by experience and to believe it. God rightly regarded us, apart from Him, as worthy targets of His judgment. This means that there will be agreement and confirmation from the body of Christ, though perhaps (or probably) not everyone will agree or confirm. This is what we have heard. Having boldness as we anticipate the judgment seat of Christ is the subject of the body of this epistle (1 John 2:28to 1 John 4:19). Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. 1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love. First, it is the Spirit of God in us that is the abiding presence of Jesus the presence of His Spirit is how He abides in us. The Whole Bible i. He loved you when you were at hells gate, and drank damnation at every draught. c. We love Him because He first loved us: This verse tells us where our love for Jesus comes from. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. It brings life to all who trust in Jesus and His work on their behalf, because He is the propitiation for our sins. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. The Biblical Jesus is make-believe. (1 John 4:12) Seeing God through the evidence of love. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Other tests already stressed in this first paragraph of the chapter were: (1) the test of confessing that Jesus was the Christ who came in the flesh; (2) the test of whether or not they were indwelt by the Father ( 1 John 4:4 ); and (3) the test of their life-style. i. 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. Email / username or password was incorrect! GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Seek reconciliation. How can a decree of absolute, unconditional reprobation, of the greater part or any part of the human race, stand in the presence of such a text as this? (Clarke), iii. We love him because we find he has loved us. 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. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. i. 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. He hates nothing he has made. 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 . Links 1 John 4:20 Interlinear 1 John 4:20 Parallel Texts John knew that we would never find in ourselves the faithfulness God requires. c. And this commandment we have from Him: We have a commandment to love. The mature Christian will be marked by love. i. This day is coming! The way to be saved for man, woman, or child is to trust Jesus for the pardon of sin, and then, trusting Jesus, love comes as a fruit. This statement would be directed against some form of Docetism, the view that Christ was a spirit who only seemed to be a true man. (Boice). Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. How is Jesus now? Tests of False Prophets. 4. To believe in Christ and to love the brethren are not conditions by which we may dwell in God but rather are evidences of the fact that God has already taken possession of our lives to make this possible. (Boice). God is more pleased when you get it right with your brother, than if you bring Him a sacrifice of praise or resources. Love has been perfected: For perfected, John doesnt just use the Greek word teleioo (which has the idea of maturity and completeness); he writes teleioo teleioo speaking of love that is perfectly perfected or completely complete.. Certainly, this glory is in us now just in seed form; it has not yet fully developed into what it will be. Some people imagine that Jesus loved us because He knew we would love Him and come to faith in Him. i. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. But test the spirits: This is important because many false prophets have gone out into the world. It is something that every Christian should be unafraid to proclaim: I love Him; I love Jesus. Can you say that? In my text he explains and enlarges that statement. Love is not only defined by the sacrifice of Jesus (as stated in 1 John 3:16); it is also defined by the giving of the Father. i. Propitiation has the idea of a sacrifice that turns away the wrath of God. Again, the true measure of maturity is not the image of power, or popularity, or passionate feelings but the abiding presence of Gods love in our lives, given out to others. Some people think the greatest evidence of Gods presence or work is popularity. Do you believe it? ii. 4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. This is because love does not define everything in the character of God, and because when most people use the term love, they are not thinking of true love, the God-kind of love. He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends his rain on the just and the unjust. Since no one has seen God at any time, this provides evidence for the presence of God. Oh sir, this is indeed a cowardly fear! (Spurgeon), iv. (1) The fact of false prophets and the need to test the spirits. We can receive the healing power in our Fathers love. g. God is love: There are few people who really know and really believe that God is love. While her conversion is clearly implied, the apostle's focus centers on Jesus' declaration foretold in the . 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. ii. If we are born of Him and are abiding in Him then the resources for love are there. But God did all this for rebels, for sinners, for those who had turned their backs on Him. i. Previous: 1 John 4:7 Next: 1-John 4:9 Choose a Verse from 1 John 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. But it does not eliminate His holiness, His righteousness, or His perfect justice. Bibliographical Information Biblical Commentary (Bible study) 1 John 4:7-21 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: This is a pastoral letter to churches in conflict--written to address the conflict and to prevent its spread. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. i. Pauline Epistles 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. (1 John 4:5-6) The contrast between those in the world and those who are of God. Afraid of being laughed at? b. d. Boldness in the day of judgment: How can anyone have such boldness? i. One may be a spiritual dwarf because one lacks love. But the Father loves us too; and the love Jesus showed in His ministry was the same love God the Father has towards us. These are those that acknowledge Jesus Christ's real incarnation. 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