The mark of the Christian is love: “whoever does not love, does not know God”. God’s love is made complete in and through us. “Love your neighbor as yourself” – that one whom God placed in your path.
Grace. Grow! Groups. Go!
Grace. Grow! Groups. Go!
1 John
John gives us 3 tests, or identity markers for those who have been born again: Do they confess Christ? Do they keep His commandments? Do they love others?
Only when we bring our lives together under the blood of Christ, are we really participating in Fellowship with one another. Confessing our sin doesn’t ruin our Fellowship; it reaffirms it!
In an Age of Great Uncertainty, Anxiety and Doubt, John writes to the churches to give Assurance and Confidence that they ‘know that they know’.