Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Comments on 1 John 4:7-11

Look at verse # 7

 

Love is of God.

 

  • If you have hate in your heart, can you be of God?
  • If you love, then you are born of God and you know God.

 

Answer these questions:

 

Can you be a Christian and NOT love people?

 

Can you be a Christian and hate a certain ethnic group or groups?

 

I have actually heard White Christians talk very badly about Black (African American) people. Can you really be of God of you do that? 

 

Can you hate a man for his skin and be a Christian?

 

Love is OF GOD!

 

He that loves is BORN OF GOD and KNOWS GOD!

 

If you hate a person because of their skin, then you are NOT BORN of God and you do NOT know God.

 

 

 

1 John 4:7-11 (New King James Version)

 

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

10 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. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.