We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:7-21)
John commands us to love one another. The way we love one another is evidence whether we are from God or not. For God is love so all love comes from him and whoever loves therefore must know God. We only love in response to God ‘s love for us. The degree to which we comprehend what God ‘s divine love is for us will be the degree to which we love one another. What is God ‘s divine love must be clearly understood.
As Christians we are not called to be gullible and naive. We are commanded to test all that we are taught and hear. For what we believe affects the way we behave which has eternal consequences. The most important thing to believe is that Jesus Christ is the son of God who has come in the flesh. This is the theological plumb line for testing whether Prophets are speaking under the influence of the spirit of God or Satan. (1 John 4:1-6)
Wake up to the Past and the Future – Part 8 in our series on the book of Malachi