THE FIRST DIVINE TEST OF FELLOWSHIP. I John 2:7-8 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.

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THE FIRST DIVINE TEST OF FELLOWSHIP

I John 2:7-8 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

I John 2:9-11 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.

I John 2:12-14 I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

I John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

What’s a test of fellowship? 1. Acceptance of the Apostle’s Creed.

What’s a test of fellowship? 1. Acceptance of the Apostle’s Creed. 2. The right understanding of the Millennium.

What’s a test of fellowship? 1. Acceptance of the Apostle’s Creed. 2. The right understanding of the Millennium. 3. In Fundamentalist churches - the 5 doctrines.

What’s a test of fellowship? 4. The use of instrumental music in worship.

What’s a test of fellowship? 4. The use of instrumental music in worship. 5. The form & purpose of baptism.

Acts 2:47 And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

What are the biblical tests of fellowship? 1. Commitment to the Lordship of Christ. 2. Commitment to loving one another.

I. What’s Love?

A. What biblical love is not. I. What’s Love?

A. What biblical love is not. B. Biblical love is giving of yourself to satisfy someone else’ needs! I. What’s Love?

B. Biblical love is giving of yourself to satisfy someone else’ needs! 1. It’s an attitude expressed in actions. Words for love in the original language. I. What’s Love?

B. Biblical love is giving of yourself to satisfy someone else’ needs! 2. eρως = giving to get something in return. Selfish love. I. What’s Love?

B. Biblical love is giving of yourself to satisfy someone else’ needs! 2. eρως = giving to get something in return. Selfish love. 3. φιλέω = giving because of your relationship. Relative or friendship love. I. What’s Love?

B. Biblical love is giving of yourself to satisfy someone else’ needs! 4. στέργω = giving primarily because of the marriage bond. Obligation love. I. What’s Love?

B. Biblical love is giving of yourself to satisfy someone else’ needs! 4. στέργω = giving primarily because of the marriage bond. Obligation love. 5. ἀ γαπάω = giving because of the need only. God’s love for you! I. What’s Love?

C. It’s a command! II John 6 - And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. I. What’s Love?

C. It’s a command! 1. Why is it said to be old? Leviticus 19:18 - Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. I. What’s Love?

C. It’s a command! 1. Why is it said to be old? Leviticus 19:18 - Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. John 13:34 - A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. I. What’s Love?

C. It’s a command! 2. Why is it said to be new? Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. - v8 I. What’s Love?

C. It’s a command! 2. Why is it said to be new? Romans 12:1-2 - Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will. I. What’s Love?

II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

A. You are to love because of the benefits you will have. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

A. You are to love because of the benefits you will have. 1. You have forgiveness. I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. - v12 II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

A. You are to love because of the benefits you will have. 2. You have power. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. - v13 II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

A. You are to love because of the benefits you will have. 3. You are an overcomer. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one. - v14 II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

A. You are to love because of the benefits you will have. B. You love because it determines where you have fellowship. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

B. You love because it determines where you have fellowship. 1. Love puts you in the light. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

B. You love because it determines where you have fellowship. 1. Love puts you in the light. Ephesians 5:8 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

B. You love because it determines where you have fellowship. 1. Love puts you in the light. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. - v8 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. - v17 II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

B. You love because it determines where you have fellowship. 1. Love puts you in the light. Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. - v9- 10 II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

B. You love because it determines where you have fellowship. 2. Lack of love puts you in the dark. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

2. Lack of love puts you in the darkness. James 4:4 - You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

3. Lack of love makes you blind. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. - v11 II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

3. Lack of love makes you blind. II Peter 1:9 - But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind... II Corinthians 4:3-4 - And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. II. What’s the Incentive for Love?

I. What’s Love? II. What’s the Incentive for Love? III. Who Should I Love?

A. Who are you not to love? Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. - v15 The consequences of loving the world are: III. Who Should I Love?

A. Who are you not to love? Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. - v15-16 You will not have the Father’s love in you! III. Who Should I Love?

For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. - v16 1. The cravings of sinful man = worldly ambition, selfish aims, passing judgments using the world’s standards. 1. The cravings of sinful man = worldly ambition, selfish aims, passing judgments using the world’s standards. III. Who Should I Love?

For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. - v16 2. The lust of the eyes = the motivation to get material things & placing value only on them. III. Who Should I Love?

For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. - v16 3. The boasting of what he has & does = the continual attempt to impress others & deceive by pretending to be someone he is not. III. Who Should I Love?

4. How are you with your relationship to the Lord? III. Who Should I Love?

A. Who are you not to love? B. Who are you to love? Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. - v10 I John 4:21 - And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. III. Who Should I Love?

B. Who are you to love? 1. Who is my brother? III. Who Should I Love?

B. Who are you to love? 1. Who is my brother? 2. The Lord’s Answer Luke 10:29-37 III. Who Should I Love?

While you must live in the world you must never let the world live in you! Would you really give sacrificially to meet another person’s needs? If you wouldn’t - you may not really be loving God!