Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. I cannot imagine a true man saying, I love Christ, but I do not want others to know that I love him, lest they should laugh at me. That is a reason to be laughed at, or rather, to be wept over. This land in our Saviour's time was divided into three parts: Judea in the south, Galilee in the north, and Samaria lying between them. d. He who loves God must love his brother also: We can also learn how to love God by loving people. It is the fear that is the opposite of boldness in the day of judgment. I stand here to preach illimitable love, unbounded grace, to the vilest of the vile, to those who have nothing in them that can deserve consideration from God, men who ought to be swept into the bottomless pit at once if justice meted out to them their deserts. (Spurgeon). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point One of the ways Jesus abides in us lives in us is through His word. Every human relationship is like a triangle. Many Gnostic-influenced teachers said that Jesus, being God, could not have actually become a flesh and blood human being, because God could have no partnership with impure material stuff. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Wisdom Literature 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). And just as certainly, God the Son, Jesus Christ, has been seen John himself testified to this in 1 John 1:1-3. He presented the world not as the global earth or the mass of humanity, which God Himself loves (John 3:16). (1 John 4:5-6) The contrast between those in the world and those who are of God. i. Just because the world is hearing the message doesnt prove that the message is Gods message. Believers must be discerning in spiritual matters. Yet, if we abide in Him, and He in us (1 John 4:13), then our identity is bound up in Jesus: as He is, so are we in the world. We can know by experience that we live in God, if His love has been perfected in us. We can know, and we can know now, on this side of eternity. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. We love him from the influence of his own love; from his love shed abroad in our hearts our love to him proceeds. i. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. f. For God is love: This is a glorious truth. In my text he explains and enlarges that statement. His love for us initiates our relationship of love with Him, our love only responds to His love for us. He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. i. 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. 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. Pauline Epistles He has been saying that perfect love produces courage in the day of judgment, because it produces likeness to Christ, who is the Judge. And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. As Paul puts it in Roman 8:16: The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. ii. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary CHAPTER 4 1Jo 4:1-21. i. John, with his new team, Hailey, Homm, and Ben, has rented a cabin somewhere. Pentateuch Facebook. If we are born of Him and are abiding in Him then the resources for love are there. He loved you when you were at hells gate, and drank damnation at every draught. Do you believe it? You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. c. We love Him because He first loved us: This verse tells us where our love for Jesus comes from. 4. 3. Prophets i. Propitiation has the idea of a sacrifice that turns away the wrath of God. Here, he shows why it is so important. Note the striking inversion of the clauses: He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, God whom he hath not seen cannot love. a. John seems to be speaking of a certain fear of judgment. Are you embarrassed to say it? i. If we do not love one another, how can we say that we have received the love of God and have been born of Him? Seek reconciliation. 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. Everything God does, in one way or another, expresses His love. a. Even though the early church had a strong life and a large measure of purity, John still knew the danger false prophets and their message was real in the early church. God is love. 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. The Old Testament Some people think the greatest evidence of Gods presence or work is power. You can check these in your browser security settings. Today a person might confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh yet deny that He is God as the Bible teaches He is God. Pauline Epistles God rightly regarded us, apart from Him, as worthy targets of His judgment. a. He has given the fullest proof of his love to the whole human race by the incarnation of his Son, who tasted death for every man. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. We should consider what would it take to make us stop believing God loves us. i. 1 John 4:20 Vincent's Word Studies He that loveth not his brother, etc. Many, when first encountering the reality of the spiritual world, are too impressed and amazed to ask whether they are of God. If someone says, I love God: It is often easier for someone to proclaim his love for God, because that regards a private relationship with an invisible God. The Christian must know and believe the love God has for us. i. It isnt a matter of deciding between love or truth; we must have both. Historical Books Spiritually, we can have that same standing now, while we are in the world, because as He is, so are we in the world. But who among us would think of giving up his son to die for his enemy, for one who never did him a service, but treated him ungratefully, repulsed a thousand overtures of tenderness, and went on perversely hardening his neck? If this were a mere individual talking, the claim would be presumptuous. General Epistles General Epistles 1 John 4:18. You can also change some of your preferences. Pentateuch 2. c. And this commandment we have from Him: We have a commandment to love. In the Beginning Was the Word (John 1:1-18) I Have Called You Friends (John 1:35-51, John 15:15) Water Into Wine at the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11) Jesus Teaches Nicodemus (John 3:1-21) Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4) Jesus Heals on the Sabbath (John 5) Jesus the Bread of Life (John 6) Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind (John 9) 3. ii. Just so, God puts His love into our lives that it might flow out. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. John can boldly say, He who does not love does not know God. Wisdom Literature Do you believe it? (1 John 4:12) Seeing God through the evidence of love. Never let it be thought that any sinner is beyond the reach of divine mercy so long as he is in the land of the living. i. One might say, I want to love God more; I want to grow in my love for Him. The Word of life (1 John 1:1-4) v1 We declare this to you about the Word of life. Knowing God the Father is invisible should make us more humble in our relationship with Him. i. Being born of God and abiding with Him give us the ability to love; but it is a choice of our will to draw upon that resource and give it out to others. John 3:23b & 26 ). In speaking of God the Father, Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 1:17: Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible. He hates nothing he has made. We are therefore commanded to love our brother in Christ. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. i. We have seen it with our eyes. i. a. i. Jesus said in John 15:4, Abide in Me, and I in you. 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. b. The law of God is love; and all would have been perfectly happy, had all obeyed it. God is more pleased when you get it right with your brother, than if you bring Him a sacrifice of praise or resources. In Johns day, the issue was about if Jesus had truly come in a real body of flesh and blood. 4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. ii. 1. 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. i. . This pattern of receiving from God, then giving to others was familiar to John (John 13:14). It is only the common sense response to knowing and receiving the love of God. But John rightly insists that our claim of loving God is false if we do not also love our brother, and that this love must be seen. Oh, but I have been insulted. Just so: so was God: all the wrong was towards him, yet he sent. Series Recaps April 17, 2023 'Queenmaker' Episodes 5 & 6: Recap & Ending, Explained: Did Do-Hee Find Who Had A Hand In Her Father's Death? This is a great way to define the Christian life, to live through Him. 4. Poetical Books Links 1 John 4:20 Interlinear 1 John 4:20 Parallel Texts You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: The child of God need not fear the spirit of Antichrist, even though they should be warned of it, because they have the indwelling Spirit of God (1 John 3:24). As the two people draw closer to the top of the triangle, closer to God, they will also draw closer to one another. If we are born of Him and are abiding in Him then the resources for love are there. 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. Major Prophets He has made no human being for perdition, nor ever rendered it impossible, by any necessitating decree, for a fallen soul to find mercy. Again, John insists that there is something that is given to the believer when they are born of God; a love is imparted to their life that they did not have before. d. Boldness in the day of judgment: How can anyone have such boldness? Love was the constant, greatest evidence of the presence and work of God in Jesus Christ. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Of course, this love is not perfected in the life of a Christian on this side of eternity. The Old Testament And we learn that Jesus' closest disciples are baptising the new followers. d. Love is of God: The love John speaks of comes from the ancient Greek word agape; it is the concept of a self-giving love that gives without demanding or expecting re-payment it is the God-kind of love. When Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, and showed such great love and servanthood to them, we might have expected Him to conclude by gesturing to His own feet and asking who among them was going to do to Him what He had just done for them. Love is an essential aspect of His character, and colors every aspect of His nature. 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GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point But the Father loves us too; and the love Jesus showed in His ministry was the same love God the Father has towards us. He is glorified, justified, forever righteous and bold, sitting at the right hand of God the Father. i. Luke-Acts Prophets Yet, if we abide in Him, and He in us (1 John 4:13), then our identity is bound up in Jesus: as He is, so are we in the world. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. i. Oh sir, this is indeed a cowardly fear! (Spurgeon), iv. As much as we can know the completeness of Gods love now, we will know it all the more in the day of judgment. We are of God. But God did all this for rebels, for sinners, for those who had turned their backs on Him. This is a fact for every true follower of Jesus. But it is not. c. Test the spirits, whether they are of God: This is the responsibility of every Christian, but especially of congregational leadership. These verses are the equivalent of saying that a person cannot practice agape-love unless he can first practice philia-love. (Boice). e. He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins: This shows the love of God. Weak relationships are made strong when both people draw close to the Lord! Verse- by-Verse Bible Commentary1 John 4. It is passion expressed in action. f. For our sins: This shows the love of God. Wisdom Literature 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible We trust in the principle that God will never contradict Himself, and we know what He has already said in His Word. The Gospels Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God: Some think that this is the only test of false doctrine. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. The Holy Spirit gives us this assurance. Love believed is the mother of love returned. (Spurgeon), ii. We are called to take the love and grace God gives, to know it by experience and to believe it. a. iii. Our love for God doesnt really say anything great about us. This love will lead to practical action. In such a desperate situation, Phil is taken by Pat to a bar, and on the wall of the bar washroom, he locates a shady-looking advertisement for a company named "Plan B," which claims to offer second chances. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN. The day of judgment is as fixed in Gods eternal timetable as any other day in world history. (Boice). b. Confession of faith and love for one's brothers and sisters Continue reading "Commentary on 1 John 4:7-21" Former NFL player Terrell Davis, center, poses with a bust of himself and form Denver Bronco teammates: from left, John Elway, Willie Brown, Shannon Sharpe, Gary Zimmerman, during an induction ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday . The day of judgment is as fixed in Gods eternal timetable as any other day in world history. (Boice). d. We have seen and testify: The we who give testimony in this verse are those who saw Jesus originally, the eyewitnesses to His presence. i. (1 John 4:13-15) Assurance of the work of the Triune God in us. God made love real and present by sending Jesus to live among us and to die for us. It brings life to all who trust in Jesus and His work on their behalf, because He is the propitiation for our sins. The New Testament Pauline Epistles We love him from a sense of obligation and gratitude. 80.) He showed this life to us. Ah! We know all the judgment we ever deserved past, present, and future was poured out on Jesus Christ on the cross. He loved us when we were still sinners: Every man that ever was saved had to come to God not as a lover of God, but as a sinner, and then believe in Gods love to him as a sinner. (Spurgeon), ii. While her conversion is clearly implied, the apostle's focus centers on Jesus' declaration foretold in the . a. 1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. ii. This pericope seems to be a review of what we have heard from 1 John over the previous two weeks. No man could do it. (Spurgeon). iii. Did Valence Betray John? Simply and boldly put, we love Him. General Epistles The Whole Bible Poetical Books That sense of being grounded in God only comes when we set aside our sin in the pursuit of the one true God. And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. b. e. There is no fear in love: The completeness of love means we do not cower in fear before God, dreading His judgment, either now or in the day of judgment. It is something that every Christian should be unafraid to proclaim: I love Him; I love Jesus. Can you say that? by-Verse Bible Commentary. 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. 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. Our love for God is always in response to His love for us; He initiates, and we respond. But on the cross, Jesus took the punishment our sin deserved His sacrifice turned away the judgment we would have received. ( 1 John 4:7-8) The call to love. Jesus and the Samaritan woman - John 4:1-4. a. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. 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. ii. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Now remember, we never make ourselves love Christ more by flogging ourselves for not loving him more. We love him because we find he has loved us. John 4 It was, more than any thing else, the glory of the land of Israel, that it was Emmanuel's land ( Isa 8 8 ), not only the place of his birth, but the scene of his preaching and miracles. 1. 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. Can you say, I love Jesus? He is glorified, justified, forever righteous and bold, sitting at the right hand of God the Father. These academics present their baseless opinions as if they were scholarly facts. God abiding in us, as well as we abiding in Him, is essential to our having boldness as we anticipate the judgment seat of Christ (1 John 2:28; 1 John 4:17-18). 1 John 1:1-4 - That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touchedthis we proclaim concerning the Word of life. He first loved us: This verse not only declares our love for Jesus, it also tells us when He loved us. ii. We need to appreciate this fully, and receive the Fatherly love God has to give us. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. We love him from the influence of his own love; from his love shed abroad in our hearts our love to him proceeds. Commentary on John 4:1-3. And the world hears them: Those who are of the world are also evident because the world hears them. The thrust of these verses is not so much her conversion but that Jesus is Messiah (verse 26). many false prophets have gone out into the world, Test the spirits, whether they are of God, Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world, He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us, Let us love one another, for love is of God, Everyone who loves is born of God He who does not love does not know God, In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent His only begotten Son, That God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins, the Father sent the Son as Savior of the world, Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God, And we have known and believed the love God has for us, He who abides in love abides in God, and God in him, That we may have boldness in the day of judgment, But he who fears has not been made perfect in love, If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar, He who loves God must love his brother also, David Guzik :: Hechos 2 El Espritu Santo Es Derramado Sobre la Iglesia, Four Views on the Millennium - Study Resources, Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Lamentations 4, Harmony of the Gospels - Study Resources - Study Resources, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jonathan Edwards :: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, David Guzik :: Apocalipsis 20 Satans, el Pecado y la Muerte son Finalmente Eliminados, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 17-25 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Lamentations 1-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Knowing and understanding Jesus is the foundation for abiding in Him (. 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