Devotional June 8 – July 7, 2025: 1, 2, and 3 John: An exhortation to love

The epistles of John clearly set forth what it means to love. One aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is that we are called to love God and each other. I recommend reading chapter 2 in the book The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ by Rev. Richard Smit alongside the devotional this month. Before we can love, we first need to understand God’s love. First John 3:16 and 4:9 teach us that God demonstrated his love by sending Jesus into the world to die for our sins that we might have eternal life....