Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18 (The first reading of this passage is from The Message)
This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to
Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18 (The second reading of this passage is from the Common English Bible.)
This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
But if someone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but refuses to help -- how can the love of God dwell in a person like that?
Little children, let's not love with words or speech but with action and truth.
