We Ought also to Love One Another
James Slopsema expounds on 1 John 4:11-12, exploring the unconditional and sovereign character of God's love in Christ as the foundation and motivation for believers to love one another. The article emphasizes that God's love for us precedes and enables our responsive love for Him and others, drawing out practical implications for Christian living and communion within the church community.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. I John 4:11-12 Beloved! What an appropriate way to address the saints of the church. This is especially true in light of what the apostle John has just emphasized. "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him" (v. 9). And...
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