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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John 3:19
Our hearts assure us before the Lord when our deeds and our words match the truth of scripture. Then we can be assured when we stand before judgment we will not be condemned and we will have a great reward. It is therefore imperative that we love our brothers and sisters in word and deeds, not just in the tongue. Going the extra mile is certainly the best thing for us in these days of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic by being kind to our neighbors. I thank God that I have good neighbors who are helping me get help to find plumbers and home remodelers after the deep freeze that caused my pipes to burst. This is true love and what the scriptures require of us to do.
#My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18
The apostle John uses his term of endearment again in response to the Christians not just saying they love you in word and tongue but instead in deed and in truth. We are in the midst of a climate crisis where greenhouse gases have caused weather patterns to change all over the world. We show our love for our brothers and sisters who have suffered storm damage from broken pipes by helping them get supplies to repair their homes. Love is an action word and if we do not put actions in our love then it is not true. We put actions to our words by calling on the legislators to take action on the climate crisis. I thank God for my family and I pray for my grandchildren to not have to worry about global warming destroying their future.
# But whoso hath these worlds goods and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 1 John 3:17
If we have material things of this world that our brother has a need of and we refuse to give them to him, then how can the love of God dwell in us? It is important that our deeds match our words, for we must love in truth and not in word only. Just as the apostle James said faith without works is dead, then love without action is dead also. Christ commends His love for us on the cross in that while we were yet sinners He died for us. This is the agape love that God wants us to have one for the other.
#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. 1 John 3:16
Jesus demonstrated His love for us because He laid down His life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren also. Being available to help those suffering from burst pipes and no water in the home, as a result, are ways to show your love for the brethren. I thank God that things are as well as they are as many people are suffering in Texas as a result of climate change and the dramatic changes in the weather as a result of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We must reduce our carbon footprint in the environment to get a grasp on this most perplexing problem facing the global economy. When God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden they were in charge of the environment, but because of sin entering the world, we are in the midst of an environmental challenge with global warming and sea-rise. When we take steps to eradicate this problem we show our love for our brethren. Jesus will restore the cosmos to the original glory that it had before sin entered the world when He comes the second time to bring the Kingdom of God on this earth.
#Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:15
It is impossible to love and hate the same person. Hating your brother makes you a murderer and no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. So if you say you love your brother, but secretly hate him you are not only a murderer but a liar also. We say love your friends while hating your enemies. This is the natural human response, but Jesus tells us to love our enemies, which takes agape love to do that. So if you want to go to heaven you must love everybody, not just your friends but even your enemies. By the grace of God, we can do this through the power of the Holy Spirit and this is done as we walk by the Spirit. It is impossible to love unconditionally in the flesh, but only through the Spirit can we love as God loves us. So if hatred is in your heart, then you are walking in the flesh and not in the Spirit of God. Confess your sin to God and He will cleanse you of all unrighteousness and make you holy. Thank God that we can love everybody as Jesus loves us and do good to everybody; especially to those of the household of faith and you will have the assurance when you die that you will go to heaven. It is possible to love someone, while not liking their ways. So do not confuse love and like as the same thing. We must hate the sin while loving the sinner. Therefore seek to restore one in the faith and teach them the power of love to overcome the burden of hatred. Then pray for those struggling in sin to have a Personal relationship with Jesus. This is how you love everyone.
#We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 1 John 3:14
When we have love in our hearts for all the brothers, no matter what the colors, then we know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren. However, he that loves not his brother abides in death. There are three kinds of death: spiritual death, physical death, and eternal death. When one rejected the love of Jesus Christ poured out on the cross for their sins they are spiritually dead, and if they do not repent of that unbelief they will die physically and ultimately burn in the Lake of Fire, which is eternal death. The evidence that you have received Jesus Christ as your Personal Savior is that you love the brethren. So if there is hatred in your heart toward your brothers or sisters, then you must repent of that sin, for no murderer has eternal life, and that is what you are if you hate your brother. Love covers a multitude of sins, so seek to have that agape love that believes all things, endures all things, hopes all things, for love never fails.
#Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you. 1 John 3:13
The apostle John is warning the Christians to beware that if the world hates you, to marvel not because it hated Jesus. The servant is not greater than the master, since they hated Jesus, they will hate his servants. Jesus told us to pray for those who would despitefully use us and to bless those who would curse us. So blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Thank God for all the love that neighbors are showing to their fellow neighbors in this frigid arctic blast that we have been going through and this is how we overcome hate by doing good to your neighbors. If you see someone suffering seek to comfort them with your love and you will win your neighbors' love.
#Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one and slew his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were evil and his brothers righteous. 1 John 3:12
Cain is of the wicked one the devil and he slew his brother Abel because his works were evil and Abel was righteous when he brought the blood atonement. He that hates his brother is a murderer just like Cain and if you have hatred in your heart toward your brother repent by asking God to forgive you. Love is the fruit of the Spirit and when you walk in love you are bearing fruits of righteousness that show that you are a child of God.
#For this is the message that ye have heard from the beginning that we should love one another. 1 John 3:11
The apostle John is the apostle of love as he tells the message that we have heard from the beginning that we should love one another. He is the disciple whom Jesus loved as he laid his head on Jesus's breast. We would do well to model this disciple as we must love one another as Jesus has commanded us to do. We are in the midst of an arctic blast with temperatures in the single digits and we must check on our brothers and sisters and make sure that they have a warm place to rest their heads. Thank the Lord that the weather will soon turn warmer so we just need to hold on until then. Climate change is causing these extreme temperature changes in the winter and the summer. We need to control the greenhouse gases that are causing these extreme weather changes. Thank the Lord for President Biden who is doing his best to address climate change and we are praying for his success. This is how we show love for another by caring for the environment.
#In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil whosoever doeth not righteousness are not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1 John 3:10
By this shall we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are. Whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother. Love is of God and whosoever loves is born of God. Therefore, he that hates his brother is a murderer and a child of the devil who is a murderer as well as a liar from the beginning. Little children love one another as God loves us. Jesus said a new commandment give I unto you that you love one another as I have loved you. Jesus Christ demonstrated his love for us in that while we yet sinners, Christ died on the cross for our sins. Now we have His righteousness imputed to our account. This is what manifests that we are children of God in that we love all the brothers as well as sisters.
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