Pastor Taylor Shippy - 1 John 2:7-11; 3:11, 16-19; 4:7-21
I think John would be saddened to learn that many of us know by heart John 3:16 but not 1 John 3:16. “We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters” (1 Jn 3:16). N.T. Wright says, “Love incarnate must be the badge that the Christian community wears, the sign not only of who they are but of who their God is. How easy to write, how hard to achieve…" How do we love incarnate like God? What does it mean to be people of love just as God is a Person of love?
