We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, 1Jn 3:14
This is a very sobering scripture, the word ‘Anyone’ occurs twice, it implies there are no exceptions.
It is interesting that the previous verses go all the way back to the beginning of Genesis, the earliest days of man’s existence. The command to ‘love one another’ has been there from the very beginning, it has been a constant on God’s agenda.
This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 1Jn 3:11
At the end of these verses, the apostle John tells us ‘not to be surprised if the world hates us’. Cain wasn’t recognised as one of God’s children, he had another nature. John is telling us what we have to be, but he’s warning us that the Cain nature will hate us. Believers in many places have experienced this and the time is coming when persecution will be widespread. They tried to kill John but the Lord preserved him and his writings for us.
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1Jn 3:17
John urges believers that their love needs to be more than just words, there needs to be corresponding actions with our words. I’m thinking just now of Corrie Ten Boom, in the Netherlands, during World War 2 and how they risked their lives to hide Jewish people from the Nazis. That love was more than just words.
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