Today’s devotion comes from 1 John 3:11-15.
“11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 12 not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” 1 John 3:11-15.
There are deeds of darkness and death.
“Cain … was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil”. Verse 12.
“Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.” Verse 13.
“He who does not love abides in death.” Verse 14.
“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer”. Verse 15.
“and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” Verse 15.
There are lights of love and life.
“For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another”. Verse 11.
The deeds of Abel “were righteous.” Verse 12.
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren.” Verse 14.
Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, is our only hope that we can be those lights of love and life in a world of darkness and death.
“The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.” Matthew 4:11.
“In Him (Jesus Christ) was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. …
“There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:4-5 and 9-13.
“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5-7.
“The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.” 1 John 2:10.
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7.
“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. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:10-11.
“We love, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” John 5:24.
Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | February 19, 2013 Reformeddoctrine.com
“11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 12 not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” 1 John 3:11-15.
There are deeds of darkness and death.
“Cain … was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil”. Verse 12.
“Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.” Verse 13.
“He who does not love abides in death.” Verse 14.
“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer”. Verse 15.
“and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” Verse 15.
There are lights of love and life.
“For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another”. Verse 11.
The deeds of Abel “were righteous.” Verse 12.
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren.” Verse 14.
Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, is our only hope that we can be those lights of love and life in a world of darkness and death.
“The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.” Matthew 4:11.
“In Him (Jesus Christ) was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. …
“There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:4-5 and 9-13.
“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5-7.
“The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.” 1 John 2:10.
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7.
“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. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:10-11.
“We love, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” John 5:24.
Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | February 19, 2013 Reformeddoctrine.com
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