Welcome to episode 134 of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of 1 John, covering chapter 4:13-21. The series is called “Unshakable.” Today, we will cover:
- Love and Sound Doctrine (vv. 13-16)
- Love’s Perfection (vv. 17-21)
Key takeaways:
- If God is at work in a Christian’s life, the evidence for it will be seen in a combination of love and sound doctrine. In other words, we may know that we have the Spirit because we have come to confess Christ and dwell in love.
- As both creator and judge, God gets to define love and to stipulate how it is to be practiced. But His definition is so unlike the world’s that those who prefer their own, more self-serving definition often reject it.
- Those who are indwelt by God have a relationship with their Judge that is characterized by love. It is this love that allows the believer to have confidence when looking toward that day of judgment.
Quotable:
- Anyone who says that eternal life can come by any way other than Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross is pushing a false gospel.
Application:
- It is not sufficient to believe in the historical Jesus; one must also believe that the man Jesus was the Son of God whom the Father sent to atone for sin. Jesus cannot simply be a prophet, a good teacher, or a moral man.
- The visible manifestation of an individual’s love for God, however, will eventually show up in his dealings with his brothers and sisters in Christ, who indeed are very visible.
- A failure to love others means that a person has failed to see the God who is revealed in Jesus Christ and therefore is unable to love God at all.
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