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November 22
Saturday


HOW WILL
THEY KNOW?

READ:
1 John 4:7-21
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He who loves God must
love his brother also.
__1 John 4:21
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Did you ever notice that some Christians act decidedly un-Christian while trying to prove how godly they are?

One example is a man who angrily shuts his hymnbook and pouts through the rest of the service if the song leader does not sing every verse of a song.

Another example is the chruch where members argue against adding a new service geared toward youth, because they dislike the music.

Then there is the church in which the middle aisle is a demarcation line between two social classes of people who refuse to mix.

As Christians, we must stand for truth as spelled out in the Bible. Though truth was not violated in any of these situations, the professing followers of Christ acted in decidedly unloving ways. They chose to protect personal preferences rather than demonstrate the love of Jesus to a watching world.

As we read 1 John 4:7-21, we see that God's love seeks to transform our behavior. In His love, we don't react disdainfully toward others simply because we don't agree.

Jesus said, "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). Do others see the love of Jesus in you? __Dave Branon
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`````````````````````May all I am and do and say````````````````
`````````````````````Give glory to my Lord alway,````````````````
````````````````And may no act of mine cause shame``````````````
``````````````Nor bring reproach upon His name. __Anon.``````````
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A church with one heart and one mind
will make for a won world.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 John 4:7-21************

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.

12 No one has seen God at
any time. If we love one
another, God abides in us,
and His love has been
perfected in us. 13 By this we
know that we abide in Him,
and He in us, because He
has given us of His Spirit.

14 And we have seen and
testify that the Father has
sent the Son as Savior of the
world. 15 Whoever confesses
that Jesus is the Son of God,
God abides in him, and he in
God. 16 and we have known
and believed the love that
God has for us. God is love,
and he who abides in love
abides in God, and God in
him....

20 If someone says, "I love
God," and hates his brother,
he is a liar; for he who does
not love his brother whom
he has seen how can he love
God whom he has not seen?

21 And this commandment
we have from Him: that he
who loves God must love
his brother also.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In this passage, John tells us what love really is. One Bible
commentator says that God loves us, not because we are worthy of
His love, but because it is His nature to love. John puts it simply__
God is love (vv.8,16). __Sim Kay Tee