“By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.” (1 John 3:10, ESV) John has pointed out the contrasts between light and darkness (1 John 1:1–2:6), love and…
“Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness. Whoever loves a brother or sister abides in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling.” (John 2:9-10, NRSVUE) Here, as elsewhere, John places the contrast before his readers in its ultimate essential form, as of…
From the book Relational Holiness – Responding to the Call of Love by Thomas J. Oord and Michael Lodahl “God is Love” is the single most important description of God in all of scripture. The Three-Personal God by C. S. Lewis (13:36) The following are the scripture references presented in the video. The x:xx is…
