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Love For The Brethren
Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000 (message contributor)
Summary: 3. Love for the Brethren Produces Assurance (4:17 - 5:4a) a.
3. Love for the Brethren Produces Assurance (4:17 - 5:4a)
a. Love Faces Judgment Day with Confidence (4:17-18)
1) Confidence Results from Christlikeness (:17)
2) Christlike Love Knows No Fear of Judgment (:18)
b. Love for the Brethren Evidences Love for God (4:19 - 5:3)
1) Our ability to love depends on the divine initiative (:19)
2) Any claim to love God can be tested by practical love for the brethren (:20-21)
3) Those who love God will also love God's children (5:1)
4) Love for the brethren means love for God means obedience to God's commands (5:2-4a)