Man's Love In Response To God's: Brotherly Love
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Introduction
Introduction
Greetings...
For almost the entire month of January we studied one thing with the Sunday morning sermons…God’s Love For Man.
We studied God’s love for man even in his sin.
We studied God’s love for man in salvation wherein proclamation concerning salvation, procreation of salvation, and production creating salvation was studied.
We also studied God’s love for man in salvation through the process of salvation for all mankind today, through the promised Holy Spirit’s seal which protects our salvation and gives us an inheritance in heaven.
God made proclamation about Jesus and salvation.
We then, starting this month, began looking at “Man’s Love In Response To God’s Love.”
God made procreation of Jesus and salvation.
We examined how, if we love God, we will seek to “remove all sin” from our lives.
God made production
We will do so, as we studied last week, by understanding God’s methods for removing sin within God’s precious Word.
This brings us to today.
Today we are going to study how God’s love for us should be reciprocated through our love for our fellow brothers and sisters.
10 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. 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
10 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. 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
1 Jn
1 Jn 3:
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
God’s Example To Us
God’s Example To Us
The Godhead is our greatest example.
The Godhead is our greatest example.
In fact, part of Jesus’ reason for coming to this earth was to be the perfect example to all mankind.
13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Jesus didn’t just come to be a sacrifice for sins but also to be a “God in the flesh example” of righteous living.
The Godhead’s example of love.
The Godhead’s example of love.
God sent His only begotten Son to a world and people that hated and rejects Him mostly.
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Jesus gave His life for a world and people that mostly despised Him so that they “have the right to become children of God.”
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Jn 1:1
The Holy Spirit who, like the Father & Son, has seen man’s atrocities and yet still places a seal of salvation on the soul of man and guarantees his salvation if man walks in the light.
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Summery
Summery
God the Father, Son, and Spirit are all perfect examples of loving others i.e. their creation.
That is why we are to “Love Our Brothers & Sisters.”
Love Our Brothers & Sisters
Love Our Brothers & Sisters
Loving God demands loving our brethren.
Loving God demands loving our brethren.
Simply put we cannot love God, whom we have not visibly seen, without loving our brothers & sisters whom we do visibly see.
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
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15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Loving Our brothers & sisters.
Loving Our brothers & sisters.
What are some ways in which we can know we “love our fellow brethren?”
We will cherish being around our brethren before or after services.
Someone once said...
“You can tell the love a congregation has for each other, not by their collective worship, but by their actions before and after services.”
The point was that a congregation that likes each other will “come early” or “stick around after” because they really like being around each other.
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
How can we know each other or our adversities if we don’t like being around each other and aren’t around each other?
We will love, not dread, being around each other on days not called Sunday.
If we love the brethren we will enjoy spending time with them and not try to “get out of it.”
46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Ac 2:46-
1 Jn 3:
10 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.
This isn’t a new discovery or relatively new commandment, no its been around since the beginning.
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 Jn 3:11-
We will worship with our brethren as much as humanly possible.
The Hebrew writer asked the question...
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
He then answered it.
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
We will visit our brethren that are struggling physically.
James talks about this love.
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Once again, pure religion isn’t just “showing up,” it’s more than that, is wanting to be there to help as well.
Eph
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
We will visit our brethren that are struggling spiritually.
Brotherly love is caring about the soul of our brethren.
1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
We will compete with our brothers and sisters.
Paul would tell the church in Rome...
10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
10 being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor,
Summery
Summery
I know you all and I have been to congregations that “just didn’t seem friendly” which is translated “didn’t seem to show their love.”
There are a variety of reason for this but non of them are biblical.
We cannot love God and not love each other, simple as that.
Conclusion
Conclusion
We can talk about loving God all day long, but it is simply impossible to love God without loving each other.
My Favorite Illustrations Sermons in Shoes
“Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.”
37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
Mt 25:
Invitation
1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; 2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.