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In this
chapter, John continues to speak about love.
We know that God is in us when we love our brothers and sisters. Those who love are showing that god lives
within them. This love started when God
sent His Son to die for our sake.
While this
is all good, John knows that there are false prophets in the world. There are people who would like to assert
that love is possible without God. There
are people who would love nothing more than to assert that God does not hold a monopoly
on love. There are people out there who
would love nothing more than to separate the concept of love from God.
What does
John say in response to this? Anyone who
denies Jesus has no part in God. Those
who deny Jesus have no part in true love.
Those who deny Jesus are against Christ.
John then
encourages us. Because we have Christ
and we have love, we are more powerful.
We have overcome those who are not in Christ. This makes sense, because the greatest force
in this world is love. It is love that
brought God to create us. It is love
that brought Jesus to save us. It is
love that conquers our humanity. Of
course those of us who are in Christ – and thus in His love – have overcome the
world!
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