Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. —1 John 2:7–10
Everyone Who Is Saved Will
People
Why will everyone who is saved love people? John gives two answers…
Saved people have a new
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. —Leviticus 19:18
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” —John 13:34–35
God told us what love looked like, then God showed us what love looks like through the life of Jesus, then God enabled us to love through the
Why is it that everyone who is saved will love people? Because…
Saved people don’t
If you hate a person, you are
you
you are
and you cannot
The reason you find it difficult to love others is because you have