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Today’s sermon discusses 1 John 3:11-18. The thesis is found in 1 John 3:18 which states that (my interpretation) it’s easy to say we love God and we love one another, but the proof and evidence of genuine Christianity is in how we actually treat one another. John defines “love” broadly as the giving of life to another, while “hate” is defined as anything that takes life from another. I believe John’s also infers “life” to include not just physical life but emotional well-being, self-worth, reputation, health, and means necessary for physical sustenance. Thus for John love is increasing or improving any of these for another, while murder (the end result of hate) is taking any of these away from another.
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