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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.
THE STUDY:
We see John, in his love for the people,
address the fact that what he is writing is not something NEW. The commandment
he was addressing is not something NEW to the followers of God. As a matter of
fact it is an OLD commandment. John refers to this fact by stating that this
commandment was “from the beginning.”
Being that the Gnostic's believed there was a “more excellent way” John is
refuting this belief by revealing that Jesus was there at the beginning of time
and nothing new was to be revealed. There was no need for a “more excellent
way.” Jesus was all they needed!
John lived in
a day and time when people were searching for more. This may be why many were
buying into this thought of a more excellent way. John was combating this
movement by pointing back to the past. John is saying that there is no reason
for a NEW commandment. What he was sharing was not something that was to replace
what his forefathers believed and followed. It was actually something they
believed and was to be through eternity. That commandment was to
LOVE!
WHAT WE CAN WALK
AWAY WITH ….
- Let us be reminded of the fact that Jesus didn’t come to replace the O.T. commandments, but to fulfill them.
- Love still remains! We are to love. Not just love our family and friends, but to love God and our Neighbors.
- Jesus is the way, the truth, and life! (John 14:1)
CONCLUSION:
A couple of quotes to leave you with this
morning concerning the commandment to “LOVE”:
God does not say, “Be
good, and I will love you.” Rather He says, “Because I love you, you should be
good.”
God loves humankind
not because of what it is but in spite of what it is.[1]
Blessings my friends
Pastor Rod
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