O our Father, help us to understand that we are required and obligated to follow peace with all men, for without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. Do you know what's nearer the truth? Not a popular verse today! That's what the Lord said to the Pharisees: 'Ye are of your father, the devil; and the works of your father ye will do'. John Mark, traditionally the author of the Gospel of Mark. John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. Now don't shoot me at the door, I'm only the messenger, this is God's word, take it or leave it! The Socinian interpretation, which confines it to the moral creation, is grammatically impossible. Even as a Christian...and it's a sure sign that you don't possess eternal life. John, the relative of the High Priest (see Acts 4:6) 3. Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. How many times does the concept of love appear?, probably more than those 697. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He says in verse 18: 'If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. His life, it was said, was filled with the fragrance of Christ. 1 John is filled with encouraging verses that remind us of the truth of the gospel, the importance of faith, the promises we have in our salvation, and the importance of love. Where in the bible does it mention that Jesus was a 'man of color'. 'Jesus is patient, Jesus is kind. A deacon in a church on one occasion had a grudge against another deacon - I don't know whether that ever happens or not these days - but he had even forgotten what the grudge was over. Love (Love, loveth, beloved) ,from the word agape, is mentioned 51 times in the Epistle of First John. A brother comes into the meeting, and he's in great need, and somebody pats him on the back and says: 'We'll pray for you brother, the Lord bless you, safe home'. You're persecuting Christ! This verb means “I believe.” It is one of the great words in John’s Gospel. "Love each other" appears four times in the Bible, all in the New Testament. Now, probably none of us will ever be called to die for someone else, that's very rare these days - at least in Europe. Now, what harm does a wee bit of envy or jealousy do from time to time? This love marks us apart as disciples of our Lord (John 13:35; 15:12-13). When He sees lust, He cries 'Adultery!' Have you ever resented another believer in Christ? Many people have called it the Love Chapter (in correction of the King James Bible); but this distinction clearly goes to 1 John 4 where love in mentioned 27 times (unless you included the 3 times "beloved" is used). Twice in John 13:34 and once in John 13:35. Oh, we skite over that one very quickly! If this is something that you're holding onto, if it is a lifestyle of hate, you need to beware - why? He gives us another illustration in contrast to that of Cain, and it is our blessed Lord Jesus. They don't consider themselves brothers in the usual sense, but brothers instead through the Holy Spirit of God'. 1 The extremely varied numbers for the usage of the word "love" are due in part to translation. The word "love" appears 310 times in the King James Bible, 348 times in the New American Standard Bible, 551 times in the New International Version and 538 times in the New Revised Standard Version. 'All His compassion and purity; You know, this literally happened in the early church, I mean literally laying down their lives for one another. It's not just a grudge against a group of people, or a denomination, or a sect, it could be a grudge against one individual. 1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. is the Greek word, 'on our behalf, in place of, as a substitute'. Give us that spirit we pray, and none other, for His name's sake we ask it, Amen. Nobody would fall out with you over that one! We are to lay down our lives for our brothers, whoever they are and wherever they hang their hat. Translation is a tricky thing. The problem in Cain's heart was simply jealousy or envy, and someone has said it is the most destructive force in the world to be jealous or envious. Pete said: 'Well, I was talking to the bellboy, I actually led him to the Lord Jesus'. Then Paul says: 'Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus'. This is serious stuff. Question #112529. Now that word 'slew' in verse 12 literally could be translated 'to butcher' - 'Do not be like Cain, who was of that wicked one, who butchered or slaughtered' - it literally means 'slaughtered by smashing his throat'. All other verb forms translated “love” (37) render the former. Check out a brief profile of each John mentioned in the New Testament. David Jackman says that on the few occasions he met him he sensed most powerfully the love of Christ in God's servant. We see that here in this verse, if you look at it again, verse 15, he changes from talking about 'brethren' that he talked about in verse 14 in the plural to talking about the singular 'brother' in verse 15. He says: 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?' The word for love that we find in John's first epistle, and indeed many times right throughout the New Testament is the Greek word 'agape'. That's your problem, isn't it? The illustration is Cain, the explanation is his parentage - he was of the wicked one, his practices were wickedness - but thirdly he gives us, like every good preacher, an application. Love and Truth: A Study of Second John. In which chapter is love mentioned the most times? 'David Legge is patient' - I'd have to stop right away! Christians used to be arrested, and they were required to give up the names of their associate Christians, and if they didn't they would suffer and die. This is his illustration, an illustration of a lack of brotherly love that proves an absence of eternal life. That believers could be envious and jealous of one another?' 2:9-10) w children of God and children of the devil (1 Jn. But a sure sign that you haven't is that you're going the whole way of the world, and they think you're it's best buddy. The Greek word believe here is the word (G1400) Pist-yoo'-o. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? Answer (1 of 7): Love may not be the most used word in the Bible. Of all the “loves” mentioned in the New Testament, love for the brethren is one of the most prominent (see, for example, John 13:34-35; 15:12, 13, 17; Romans 13:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 2:17; 4:8; 1 John 2-4). Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Now, maybe that's why we don't take it as seriously as murder, but that's why God does. 1:5) w love and hate (1 Jn. Even in this epistle again another place, as we'll see in subsequent weeks, chapter 4 and verse 10, John says: 'Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins'. How can we say the love of God abides in us? I’ll show you how to do the research. But if you don't love your brethren, you're still dead! There you have the theory and practice! You don't have to commit the act to have a murderous heart, because God is not as much concerned with the outward appearance as He is with the heart. There are multiple greek words which could be translated as love into our language. I don't know whether you've ever noticed, but the New Testament hardly ever mentions the love of God that it does not speak also, or at least the context speaks also of the cross of our Lord Jesus. Twice in John 13:34 and once in John 13:35. What is it? (8) Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. The example he gives us is Cain. 5. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Yet this Gospel does not use the word pistis, faith. Nobody would fall out with you over that one! We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Now agape love is divine love, it is the love of God, it is what God is in His essence. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. It is not something that revolves around self or self-gratification, but at the very centre - and, ironically we could say, at the crux ('crux' is the Latin word for 'cross', of course) - there is self-sacrifice as the foundation of everything that can be described as love. Now I know how people react to these types of verses, they'll be saying to themselves: 'I've never shot anybody, or slit anybody's throat' - but what John's doing is he is echoing what the Lord Jesus has already taught in Matthew's gospel and chapter 5 at the Sermon on the Mount - which, incidentally, is as much for us as it is for anybody. Romans 5 and verse 8: 'God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us'. The love of God is epitomised in Christ, perfected in Christ, and the greatest standard and expression and measure of that love is Calvary. Have you ever scandalised? Our Father, help us to realise tonight, even as evangelical Christians, that without works faith is dead. If we take all those modern definitions of love, we can see that there's a trend running right throughout them all, and it is simply this: that love in some shape or form is understood as being something that gives you self-gratification. So let's look at the first aspect that John deals with in verses 10 to 15, and it's simply this: a lack of brotherly love proves an absence of eternal life. It … How often does it happen? It always protects, it always trusts, it always hopes, it always perseveres. Indeed Paul said in Galatians 5:23 that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance - but love is the fruit of the Spirit, the Spirit of God. Love never fails'. The supreme act of love, John says in John 15:13, 'Greater love hath no man than this, but that a man lays down his life for his friends'. If you possess things that give you life and sustenance, material possessions, worldly goods, but refuse to share them - the Authorised says 'shut up the bowels of compassion', and that is a literal translation because the bowels, the intestines were understood in the ancient world to be the seat of affections, the way we use the word 'heart' today. In the Book of Revelation, what do they tell us happened to him because of his loyalty to Jesus? It can only happen once, once we've given our life we haven't got another one to give, but John is saying we are daily called to live for others, to meet known needs. 2 John 1:7-9 KJV (7) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. You may never have shed any blood, you may never have lifted your hand against another, but have you ever snubbed a brother in Christ or a sister? He gives us the explanation: it was Cain's parentage of the wicked one, his practices of wickedness. Originally posted Jan 31 2010 5:27 PM. The last time we visited this theme was in chapter 2 verses 7 to 17, we're not going to look at those tonight, but it would be good for you to recap at your own leisure and cover that again, what we have already studied in those verses. In this same epistle in chapter 2 and verse 11 he's already stated that not only are we dead, but we're in the dark: 'He that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes'. He learned about godly love from God, who Himself is love (1 John 4:8 1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. Do we express sincerity through practicality? Maybe it's not the man next door, maybe it's the man or the woman in the next pew. Love is mentioned 310 times. Would you put your life on the line for someone else? Others, Lord, yes others, The first is “not.” “Herein is love, not”--“not that we loved God.” Very naturally many conclude that this means “not that we loved God first.” That is not exactly the truth taught here, but still it is a weighty truth, and is mentioned in 1 John 4:19 in express words--“We love Him because He … Let this my motto be: John is only saying what James said in James chapter 2 and verse 15, he gives an example: 'If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? The presence of it should make us know that we have eternal life, but the absence of it proves that we do not have eternal life. The name John is mentioned 131 times in the bible and may refer to several different men. You might not have used a dagger on anybody, but John is talking about looking daggers at your neighbours, at your friends, at your brothers and sisters in Christ. And wherefore slew he him? 'David Legge is kind, he does not envy, he does not boast, he is not proud' - but this is in effect what John is saying. Jesus says in Luke 6:32, “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? It's probably the most popular doctrinal belief of the whole lot. That's what this epistle is all about, and here he is repeating it again: 'Hereby we can know that we have this eternal life'. The Emperor Hadrian of Rome, in the early second century, called a man called Aristides to the palace to have him describe what Christians really were like. But literally what he's saying is, if we possess material possessions and shut down our feelings for the need of others and those who are in need, we're not giving real life 'zoa', a different word, to those who are suffering and the love of God cannot be in us. They never fail to help widows, they save orphans from those who would hurt them. Take John 3:16 for instance: 'For God so loved the world, that he', what?, 'He gave his only begotten Son'. Not only was there his parentage, but there were his practices. But how many of us practice it, and practice it like John is propounding? Since the Bible tells us that God Himself is love (), it is fitting that this beautiful description of love should be well-known.. Jesus is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered', so on and so forth. The command "love one another" appears eleven times in the Bible, all in the New Testament. There are some names that are always popular, John being one of them. What we could do, if you keep your Bible open at this passage, 1 Corinthians 13, you could substitute - and I've done this with you before - the word 'love' for 'Christ' or 'Jesus'. We're all for free grace, grace is free! A sad fact is that conflicts and battles are what mark many an assembly of God's people in the 21st century. It doesn't matter whether you apply that fact to the home, or you apply it to the church; if you're in a home or a church where there is no love, it's a sure sign that there's a lack of life - you're dead! A loveless man is not only a lightless man, but he is a lifeless man - and ultimately the only conclusion you can come to is that a man without light and a man without love is a man who is lost! Any exceptions to these conditions must be explicitly approved by Preach The Word. Go to Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon In the first table cell (Strong’s Concordance) type “love” into the search field, then click the Search! John, the Apostle 2. Love, for many, has become lustfulness. January 2006 If you don't love your brother, you're still dead, you're a murderer like Cain, and he says at the end of verse 15 you do not possess eternal life. My friend, there could be a hundred Christians that you know, and you love 99 of them, and there's just one that you hate - and John says if you hate that one you're in deep spiritual trouble! … The apostle John was part of Jesus’ inner circle, one of the 12 disciples chosen by the Lord to walk and learn with Him during His time on earth. e. Expressions such as eternal life, a new commandment, abide in Christ, walketh in darkness, that your joy may be full. But this word 'love' is found fifty times within 1 John, and it's remarkable when you consider that 1 John is only a book of five short chapters - but this theme of love is found fifty times right across those five chapters. It was transcribed from the tenth recording in his '1, 2 and 3 John' series, entitled "Brotherly Love" - Transcribed by Preach The Word. 'Murder!'. And, he wants them genuinely to love one another (2:3-11). In Ephesians 4:28 Paul says: 'Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth'. The word for love that we find in John's first epistle, and indeed many times right throughout the New Testament is the Greek word 'agape'. Give us that love that is nothing but the love of Jesus, that when He is hated He says 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do'. 3. Word Counts: How Many Times Does a Word Appear in the Bible? However, these materials may be freely copied and distributed unaltered for the purpose of study and teaching, so long as they are made available to others free of charge, and this copyright is included. PrevSermon    Series(10 of 23)    Next Sermon. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Early Christians received the second epistle of John from the aged apostle in the latter quarter of the first century. I think love, as a concept and indeed as a word, is one that, perhaps, has been more abused and misused than any other in our language, or indeed any world language - especially over the last decade. I'm thinking of the Irish man, and somebody from England stops him at the lights, and says 'Can you tell me the way to Belfast?'. But I wonder how many of us could substitute our names for this word 'love'? This sermon was delivered at The Iron Hall Assembly in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Pastor David Legge. Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me'. Matthew Henry noted well in his commentary on this verse: 'The great serpent himself reigns as the god of this world. Not only did He lay down His human life here on earth, but we go back into the eternity of past and we see in Philippians 2 that here He comes from the right hand of God, and He lays aside the grasping at divine power. Remember Cain was the first baby ever born, and he becomes a murderer. Our verses for consideration are verses 10 through to 18, so let us begin at verse 10 under this title 'Brotherly Love': "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. I know they're portrayed as being doctrinal disputes, but most of the time they're just personality struggles fuelled by jealousy, fuelled by envy - and they're singing praise, one on one side of the church and one on the other, and they're sworn enemies as they praise to God with their tongues! John is likening it to murder, to butchery, to slaughter. We have an obligation to lay down our lives for the brothers, to meet known needs of our brothers, and thirdly and finally: we are to love in action rather than in words alone, verse 18, that's a sure sign that we are the children of God - without it we cannot be. He gives us the application to us: if we are truly children of God the world will hate us too, we will love our brothers - but if we're not, we'll still be dead in our sins, murderers like Cain, and we don't even possess eternal life no matter what we say. You can almost see it as well in the way that people talk about relationships. That I may live like Thee'. It is vicarious, He lays His life down for us - 'huper' (sp?) 2 John. John was an apostle who reflected God's love. How many times is the word love used in 1 John 5? If we lived like that today, our Christianity, just like the early church, would be infectious, it would be contagious, it would explode, it would mushroom. In verse 11 John reminds them of a command he says they had from the beginning: 'This is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another'. Now that doesn't mean that murderers can't be saved, but you can't be forgiven of any sin of murder whether in your heart or on your hands, and then continue to hate your brother. Are we all mouth, all talkie-talkie and very little walkie-walkie? This is the love of Christ. Chapter 5 and verse 21: 'Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire'. In such a self-forgetful way, Ultimately what it was was rebellion towards God, God wanted an offering and Abel came God's way with a little slain lamb, and Cain came his own way with an offering from the fruit of the ground because he was a farmer. Tonight we're looking again at this great subject of love, and of course this is an epistle to do with assurance and how we can know that we have fellowship with God and His Son Jesus Christ. This is what he said, I quote: 'They love one another. In which chapter of 1 John is love not mentioned? THIS SET IS OFTEN IN FOLDERS WITH... Cross References - 1 John . That was all the reason Cain needed to hate him and to murder him - a sure sign he wasn't a child of God. Verse 17: 'Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?'. Jesus said it twice. In the King James Version, love is mentioned 310 times, 131 times in the Old Testament and 179 times in the New Testament. 'Preach The Word' is a not-for-profit Christian ministry which exists to provide sound Bible teaching to all. 4. 3:10) Quite often these letters, especially 1st John, are labeled fiThe Epistles of Love.fl John himself often wears the moniker fiThe Apostle of Lovefl for his many statements about love, both in his gospel and these letters. For Christ is love in person, and love, Christ in the soul'. Now turn with me for a moment to 1 Corinthians chapter 13, to the great passage on love and its definition. So he comes from this great illustration in Christ to the application, and that application is an obligation to everyone who names the name of Christ. That could be translated, 'If we possess life', 'bios', we get 'biology' from it, that is the life of the world. You might say: 'I love golf'. Two Christians were at an evangelism conference on one occasion. - because lust is the seed of adultery, and hate and anger are the seed of murder. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. A lack of brotherly love proves an absence of eternal life, he gives us the illustration: Cain. John 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (Chapter) 4. It isn't about "head" knowledge. Had he wronged him? We looked at this in more detail last week, but what John is saying is that this proved that Cain was not of God, this characteristic of lack of love. A lack of brotherly love proves the absence of eternal life. How many of us tonight can say, including me: 'Lord, let me live from day to day Patience is love enduring in every trial and test. Then there are others who maybe wouldn't stretch their definition that far, but understand love as a sentimental sort of fluffy feeling that's akin to butterflies in the tummy - it's an emotion, purely, it is a tendency. The women might say: 'I love shopping'. Find out more about us, ourministry and how to use our site, David Legge ministers in theUnited Kingdom and Ireland, Send us an email or leave a comment via our Guestbook, I think love, as a concept and indeed as a word, is one that, perhaps, has been more abused and misused than any other in our language - especially over the last decade. w light and darkness (1 Jn. This is the brotherly love … Once in John 15:12 and once in John 15:17. This is the brotherly love … He wasn't a child of God, he was a child of the devil! Preach The Word. [829] John 1:3, with a probable allusion to Gen. 1:3, "God said," as en arche refers to bereshith, Gen. 1:1. The simple answer is that he was hostile towards Abel for no other reason than that Abel was right with God and Cain was not. 7. Verse 10: 'In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother'. They've chosen no longer to love the person because, one way or another, they're not getting their way any longer. Would you put your life on the line for someone else? John wrote the Epistle in the later part of his life at Ephesus, where he spend most of his old age. My friend, there could be a hundred Christians that you know, and you love 99 of them, and there's just one that you hate - and John says if you hate that one you're in deep spiritual trouble! Demonstrating brotherly love proves the presence of eternal life. Now, our natural spiritual state before we're converted is death. Don't miss part 11 of 1 John: 'Confident Christianity', ------------------------Back to Top The negative repetition oude en, prorsus nihil, not even one thing (stronger than ouden nihil), excludes every form of dualism (against the Gnostics), and makes the panta absolutely unlimited. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. We've seen that there are three tests within this book whereby we can know that we are the children of God, we can have assurance. So what John is saying to us again is that here is a test of whether you're a child of God: do you have this love toward your brothers and sisters? What does the name John translate to? In John chapter 5 the Lord Jesus said that when we believe the Gospel we pass from death unto life, Ephesians 2 verse 1, ye who were once dead in your trespasses and in your sins have now been made alive unto God. John 13:1 It was just before the Passover Festival. 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