God is love.
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God."
Beloved, let us love one another: Why? And the writer responds because love is of God. Pay attention to what the apostle was saying. He had just issued a warning against false teachers, who should not be loved - and it is good to clarify this. They had freely chosen the error. They were acting as servants of the devil. For whom we should pray is for the children of God, and for the sinner who can turn to Christ if we can simply communicate the message of the Word of God. Having made this warning against false teachers, John went back to the subject of this section: believers should love each other.
In the treatment of this subject the word used for love is not the word "eros". Juan was not talking about the sex aspect. Throughout this section, the word for love was "agape." It is not a superficial feeling, neither sexual nor social. It is a supernatural love. It is what the Holy Spirit can put in our hearts, and that only the Spirit of God can make real in us. It is the love of God, and only the Spirit of God can enable us to extend this love to others.
This is not the kind of love you have for friends you like to be with. We fear that this verse has been misunderstood and used by many. Agape is the highest form of love, and is above sexual love, above any feeling that may occur in human relationships, such as love between young lovers, husband and wife, parents and children, or siblings and others Familiar with each other The Agape love referred to here is the one poured out in our hearts by the Spirit of God, which allows us to love other believers.
Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. This expression constitutes an approach to the subject from a human point of view. When you find a person who says he is a believer, and discovers that he or she loves you, and that you love other brothers, you can know that such a person is a child of God, that is to say that he has experienced a new birth spiritual.
"He who does not love has not known God, because God is love."
Here we have another test, another test that determines whether or not one is a child of God. This categorical statement, strict, leads to a great question. Do you love other believers.?
Credits for the biblical school following the teacher.
Biblical reference Reina valera 1960.
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Well said sister, the love between Christians is the definitive proof that we are disciples of Jesus. Keep participating with your good messages more often. Thank you.
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