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*THE LOVE CONNECTION*
1 John 2:1-11
As the title of this series suggests, 1 John is a book of /Assurances/.
It tells us what God wants his people to know.
There are so many uncertainties in this life, so many things we don't know about the future, the past and, certainly, the present
Its good that John has specified the things that we can know about our relationship with God.
In the second chapter John tells us that what we know is connected to what we do.
In the time that he was writing this letter there was a heresy moving through the church called Gnosticism.
Gnosticism comes from the Greek word gnosis, which means knowledge.
One of the many dangers of Gnosticism is that it taught, in effect, that spirituality was a matter of what you know.
They taught that there was a separation between the physical world and the spiritual world.
A relationship with God, they taught, is a spiritual relationship, and we can be connected to him spiritually regardless of what we do with our bodies.
They used this not only to justify sexual sin, but to ignore other foundational principles of the gospel as well, such as caring for the poor, the hungry, the widows and orphans.
John's letters were written, in part, to refute the teachings of the Gnostics.
That's why he makes it clear in chapter two that what we know is connected to (or, perhaps, proven by) what we do.
He says...
*(v. 3) We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.*
Even today there are still those in the church who think that spirituality is more about doctrinal accuracy than it is about holy devotion to Jesus.
Doctrinal accuracy is important, so don't misunderstand me.
But it is no replacement for obedience.
Jesus *never* said, "You will judged according to your knowledge of the facts."
He said, *"Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
(Matthew 7:21)*
This is why James said, *"You believe there is one God?
Good!
Even the demons believe that -- and shudder."
(James 1:19)*
This is the point that John is making in chapter.
John wants you to know, because God wants you to know, that as far as your spiritual life is concerned, religious talk is not good enough.
It’s not good enough just to come to church
It’s not good enough just to sing the worship songs
It’s not good enough just to listen to the message
It’s not good enough just to stay awake during the message
I could go on and on but you get the idea.
John says...
*(v.
4) The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.*
Then he goes on to say...
*(v.
5-6) This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.*
What does that mean, to walk as Jesus did?
John shows us in this chapter.
He's not talking about sinless perfection, and he's not saying that we have to be able to walk on water.
He's talking about imitating Christ - walking as Jesus walked - in the way we relate to others.
This is what he's building up to.
*(v.
7) Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning...*
*(v.
9) Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in darkness.*
He's condemning empty religious talk again.
Then he goes on to say...
*(v.
10) Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.*
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