If
We Love Our Brothers And Sisters
Who
Are Believers,
It
Proves That We Have Passed From Death To Life.
Scripture
1
John 3
12 We must not be
like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And
why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and
his brother had been doing what was righteous.
13
So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world
hates you.
14 If we love our
brothers and sisters who are believers, it proves that we have passed
from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
15
Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at
heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within
them.
Observation
Animosity
is defined as a
strong feeling of dislike or hatred, and it has no
place in my life. And it has no place in your life either!
We
have plenty of examples in Scripture of animosity and the damage it
caused between brothers – Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and
his brothers, etc.
These
are strong words for us in 1 John, “Anyone who hates another
brother or sister is really a murderer at heart.”
You
and I are commanded over and over and over again in Scripture to
“love one another”.
So
lets reach out to any offended brother or sister and offer our love
and offer them an apology.
“I
love you. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?”
Application
I
will not let animosity creep in to my life. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, don't let hate and animosity creep into my life. Show me when
I am unloving. Show me when I am unkind. I am a sinner. I know that I
can build up animosity in my heart when someone is mean to me and
when someone hurts me. Don't let me do it. Help me to keep my sins
confessed up to date. Help me to guard my heart. Show me anything
that is not right in my life so that I can confess it as sin. Help me
to forgive.
Daily
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 28,29,30; 1 John 3
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