Cain murdered his brother Abel, as recorded in Genesis 4. When Paul instructed who could be helped by the church, there were strict requirements that the widow have proven herself to abide in Christ. Author: 1, 2, and 3 John have from earliest times been attributed to the apostle John, who also wrote the Gospel of John. (1John 2:7-note). Since we are God’s children now, and since we hope in the day when we shall be […] We cannot say we love. (4) We have the Spirit of God to let us know that God abides in us and we in him. There the message which John's readers had heard was a doctrinal one, the theological foundation for their faith that rests in the character of God 'This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all' (1Jn 1:5). Compassion will lead to action. Never forget Paul’s words when we talk about helping others: “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” (1 Timothy 5:8 ESV) John is not speaking about those claiming to be Christians but refuse to work at all or work enough to take care of their own needs. John begins the next section of his letter with his central theme -- love: "This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another." We need to see what John has set up so that we can feel the gravity of his conclusions. They were the ones who were modern, progressive "with-it". Love is sacrificing ourselves for the gain of others. So let's delve with him! Jesus sent the Holy Spirit who guided the apostles into all truth, who wrote the mystery down so that when we read we can understand God’s will (cf. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] John begins a new section with a positive reminder about love. The readers heard it from the beginning, since it was among the first things inculcated in their hearts as believers, and not only so but it had been constantly repeated. – This is the second time that John addresses the issue of Christian love here in his Epistle which should alert us to its importance (cf. And then and only then will we be free to forget about ourselves in order to genuinely love someone else. The content, style, and vocabulary seem to warrant the conclusion that these three epistles were addressed to the same readers as the Gospel of John. First, faith is rooted in the sufficient message of the apostles (1 John 2:18-27—Doctrinal). The religious leaders taught that if you murdered you would be liable to judgment. Abel’s heart was right which led to obedience. Children of the devil do not give of themselves to others but always take. Let those heavy words sink into our hearts and minds. For (hoti) serves here as a marker of an explanatory clause, "drawing an inference based upon all that has preceded." In the context the message is a reference to the original, apostolic Gospel, the good "message" of Him Who loved us (Jn 3:16) and which births children who exhibit a Spirit-enabled, supernatural love for their brothers and sisters in Christ. Our love for one another is demanded by the character of God but it is also empowered by the brightness of the God who is light and love, with whom there is no small print. Commentary on 1 John 3:11-15 (Read 1 John 3:11-15) We should love the Lord Jesus, value his love, and therefore love all our brethren in Christ. And I would add specifically "Life in the family (love of the brethren)! We feel bad about our sins and failures. 'For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.' Verses 23-24 summarizes these truths so that we can know we have eternal life and confidence before God. We speak that we do know. We must be around each other to love each other. 3) What does Jesus mean when he said in John 3:12 “I have spoken to you of earthly things”? We are not talking about having warm fuzzy feelings for each other. By coincidence, I was reading a commentary on this exact passage earlier today. We have the full, complete revealed word of God that tells us what we must do to be pleasing to God. Book of 1 John - Bible Survey Who was John the Apostle in the Bible? What does it mean to walk in the light? I. Consider THE PLACE THE BIBLE HOLDS as an evidence of Christianity. ", Daniel Akin - John speaks of four different levels of relationships in which we can choose to live: murder (1Jn 3:11, 12), hatred (1Jn 3:13-15), indifference (1Jn 3:16, 17), and Christian love in action (1Jn 3:18). Loving the Lord means that we deny ourselves for the glory of God. As in this case, it will usually force you to examine the context. 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known; 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16. What is the lust of the eyes? The quality of this love is determined by the character of the one who loves, and that of the object loved." (Exalting Jesus in 1, 2, 3 John (Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary), William Barclay adds "We can tell what a tree is by its fruits, and similarly we can tell what a man or woman is by that person’s conduct. John teaches that if we open our hearts (and our wallets) to those in need, God will open His wallet to us.) This hope is the motivation for our purification. There the message which John's readers had heard was a doctrinal one, the theological foundation for their faith that rests in the character of God. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. This most likely refers to John 15:12 where Jesus said “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you." We are not listening to ourselves, to the world, or to Satan. 1. In reminding them of this message to love one another, John himself was remembering the command of Jesus in John 13:34 - "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. We know what love looks like when we look at Jesus. This teaching comes to us in the form of two contrasting pictures, a negative and a positive example, if you will. The gospel is incomplete unless it includes both doctrine and ethics. John has been teaching his readers about the hope they have in Christ. (1 John 3 Commentary - Daily Study Bible), Harris notes that "This section marks the beginning of the second major part of First John (1John 3:11–5:12)." 1 JOHN 3:11. And why did he murder him? Doctrine is of the essence of the gospel--doctrine about the character of God; about human sin; about the mediator, Jesus Christ, who is the God-man; about his life, death and resurrection to forgive the sins of his people and give them eternal life; about the need for personal response of faith to appropriate the work of Christ into one's own life. Verse 20 contains our first assurance. We must know each other to love each other. Now that we have zeroed in on who John is talking about, let’s allow the strength of God’s word convict our hearts. To love the brothers and sisters in the believing community demonstrates that we belong to God; to reject the brothers and sisters demonstrates that we don’t really belong to God. How we treat each other and deal with each reveals where we stand in our salvation. THE BEGINNING MESSAGE A. “While the previous passage was primarily concerned with identification,” explains Campbell, “this passage offers direct application: believers are to love one another.” The gospel is incomplete unless it includes both doctrine and ethics. When we are walking in the light, confessing our sins, and turning to the Lord, God has promised to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). I. Jesus made the very same connection. ", Piper - The wording of 1 Jn 3:11 is striking. If our heart condemns us, God is greater than our hearts and he knows everything. Cain murdered his brother Abel, as recorded in Genesis 4. Supremely these moral responses are to be ones of love. Robertson on (the message) from the beginning - They had the message of love for the brotherhood from the beginning of the Gospel and it goes back to the time of Cain and Abel (1Jn 3:12). Divine certainties. (1 John 3 Commentary), John Piper: "The wording of 1Jn 3:11 is striking. Jesus now discloses to the henceforth silent Nicodemus, in growing excitement of feeling, the source of his ignorance, namely, his unbelief in what He testifies, and which yet is derived from His own knowledge and intuition. We are to lay down our lives for one another. The message there spoke of the nature of God and its bearing on the Christian life. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. When he appears, we shall be like him and we will see him as he is. The reason I put it like that is because of what 1 John 1:9 says and what Hebrews 12:16 says. I do not want to take the teeth out of this passage, but I think we need to make some observations about what John is saying. Now in our verse today (1Jn 3:11) the message they had heard from the beginning was equally foundational, but now not in the realm of doctrine, but of ethics. (Exegetical Commentary on 1 John 3:11-24), John Stott refers to 1Jn 3:11-18 as "an elaboration of the social test… namely that to love is the new command (which is yet old) and belongs to the new age in which the true Light is already shining (1Jn 2:8-note). Only when we see and believe and cherish the brightness of God, will we be free to entrust ourselves and our futures into his hands. Those who abide in Christ have confidence and will not shrink back when Christ returns. The grammar of 1 John 3:6 indicates that John is speaking of a settled, continued lifestyle of sin. From the outset of their Christian life, John's readers had been taught the importance of love for one another. Evil has a jealous hatred for good. God is greater than our guilty feelings. Love not just in what you say but in how you act. John returns to the important topic of loving one another as a sign that we are living our lives in Christ. Love one another - This is the first of six uses by John of this phrase in his epistles - 1Jn 3:11, 23; 4:7, 11-12; 2 John 1:5. Beginning (746)(arche) refers to the commencement of something as an action, process, or state of being. But listen to the words of Jesus. The Bible is the history of the Jewish people, and their existence to-day is a guarantee that the basis of the book is firm and undeniable. (Love: A Matter of Life and Death). We are keeping his commands and do things that are pleasing to God. Marvin Vincent on message - “announcement,” as of something good; not a mere command, as the law. 1 Jn 1:5. The doctrinal foundation that God is light and the moral, ethical foundation of love for one another are both at the heart of the apostolic gospel. Aggelia os related to a number of important NT words including aggello - to announce, paraggello = command; kataggello - to proclaim, euaggelion = gospel, etc. He knows that you are loving him and striving to serve him. Rather than see their own wickedness and repent, they hate those who expose their evil ways. The Incarnation of the Word of Life. For this is the message— In this verse we have St. John's first reason why Christians should love one another; namely, "It is the message or command of God in Christ." Neither is John talking about someone who has continually chosen to be in need because of his refusal to work and lacks the ambition to work to provide for his family. John in this context is speaking about helping our Christian brethren, so we need to bear this in mind. It is a cognate of epaggelia which occurs much more frequently (some 52 times in the NT) including 1Jn 2:25. 189 Our practice proclaims who and what we are. 1 John 3:11-12 - NIV: For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Now in our verse today (1 Jn 3:11) the message they had heard from the beginning was equally foundational, but now not in the realm of doctrine, but of ethics. –Gabriel Zepeda-Rolón 4th Sunday of Easter (White or Gold) Acts 4:5-12 Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 1 John 3:11-24-Love One Another (New Revised Standard Version) 11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We are putting away the desires of the flesh, desires of the eyes, and the pride in lifestyle and following the desires of our Lord. Every contemporaneous and collateral witness adds to this assurance. John is not speaking about the people standing in the median who will not work. (1) We believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. From the very beginning, that is, from the very first time they heard the Gospel, John's readers knew beyond a shadow of a doubt what God would expect and would empower them to do: love one another… And any gospel you believe, any gospel you proclaim that does not include both doctrine and ethics is only half a gospel, tragically incomplete, radically distorted, hopelessly deficient. Love is the denial of self for another’s gain. That is Jesus Christ, whose example of self-sacrificial love is to be imitated and followed by us as his disciples." Have heard (Same phrase in 1Jn 1:1, 1:5, 2:7, 3:11, 4:3) - What had they heard? You see this very principle in Jesus. First John 3:11 stands as the thesis for this paragraph: “This is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”. God knows that you are seeking him. Love One Another 1 John 3:11-24 In the eleventh verse of this chapter, John reminds his fellow disciples in the beloved community love is the essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have confidence before God and we are supposed to have confidence before him. 1 John 3:1) and is not even worthy of the people of faith who live among them (Hebrews 11:38). And any gospel you believe, any gospel you proclaim that does not include both doctrine and ethics is only half a gospel tragically incomplete, radically distorted, hopelessly deficient. If we do not love, then we abide in death. If our hearts are closed against our brother in need and we do not act to help, how can we think that God’s love is remaining with us? ; John 4:35; John 19:26, John 19:27. Verse 11 tells us — for (because) this has been the message that the readers have heard taught since the beginning of hearing the gospel. 1 John 3:11. And in both cases, both in doctrine and in ethics, our need is not for something new. Others, however, while not denying the eternality of the Son, argue that that is not John’s meaning here. Did he mean that he is discussing with Nicodemus the things that can be done on earth? The reason why Cain killed Abel was because his own actions were evil while Abel’s actions were righteous. But according to John that isn't what we need at all. 2. … The practical example John gives is of a Christian who has material possessions, sees a brother in Christ in true need, and does not do anything about it. John has already told us in 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Loving others means we deny ourselves from the good and gain of others. The world is going to hate you because your actions are righteous and their actions are not. They were infatuated with newness. It is always about what others are doing for them, never about what they can do for others. This is why Cain killed Abel, and why hatred is considered the spiritual equivalent to murder. Our churches are full of selfish, bickering people. Because of this the adjective “gospel” is included in the English translation (The NET Bible = "the gospel message"). 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. In the last 3 verses of this passage John speaks of right relationship between ourselves and other Christians. Cain’s heart was wicked which led to his disobedience. Loving others shows we have made the transition from being a child of the devil (3:10) to being born of God and a child of God. Date of Writing: The Book of 1 John was likely written between A.D. 85-95. (1 John 3:10) This week John delves more deeply into the question of what it means to love one another. An essential part of that message was that we should love one another (cf. Vine says for this is the message is "more literally, “Because the message is this,” cp. Children of the devil are self-consumed. But God is greater than our hearts. Our hope is in Jesus and we follow him alone. What are some of the signs of genuine saving faith? "For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another." The world is going to hate us because we are walking in the light and exposing darkness. That's what the false teachers in John's day were trumpeting. ", Vine - The readers heard it from the beginning, since it was among the first things inculcated in their hearts as believers, and not only so but it had been constantly repeated. If we are not loving each other, then quite simply we are not cutting it. Here John is referring to "the beginning of Jesus’ self-revelation to his disciples in the course of his earthly life and ministry." It was not something they had never heard before. There are many who are refusing to participate in these groups and I want to impress upon your heart why these are important gatherings. 1. First John 3:11 stands as the thesis for this paragraph: “This is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” The Problem of Hating Our Brother (3:12-15) John turns to the example of Cain and Abel to teach why we must love one another. The message here instructs us as to our duty one to another. Home >> Bible Studies >> 1, 2, and 3 John Studies >> 1 John 3:11-24 These small group studies of 1 John contain outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, and applications. John lays it down that anyone who does not do what is right is by that fact shown not to be of God." “It is the Lord’s command, and if this is done, it is enough.”. He knows your passionate pursuit of him. If we do not love each other, then we are murderers. It is a love of esteem and approbation. In the gospel of John, the apostle quotes the Lord Jesus declaring love as … John then makes the point even stronger in verse 15. 1 John 3:11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: Greek - Hoti aute estin (3PAI) e aggelia en ekousate (2PAAI) ap arche hina agapomen (1PPAS) allelous, NET - For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another. Jesus denied himself so that we all could gain. And then and only then will we be free to forget about ourselves in order to genuinely love someone else. The Lord saw Nicodemus as representative of many who could not bring themselves to believe in the grace concept whereby God makes all the provision for salvation (Jn 1:14). (2)We love one another, just as our Lord commanded us and showed us. Both doctrine and ethics are at the heart of the gospel because they are so inextricably linked. Read 1 John 3:23-24. As John Calvin said "John reminds us that he was teaching nothing but what had been heard by the faithful concerning love from the beginning and had become old through long usage. Why do we need to confess our sins in they have already been forgiven (1 John 1:9)? People will come and claim to love God but do not show that love by what they do. We are staying in the place of being spiritually dead, separated from God and not in a relationship with God. What does 1 John 3:11 mean? Previous: 1 John 2:28-3:10, A Purifying Hope Sometimes our consciences still bother us because we know we have done wrong. Love acts. We are a nondenominational congregation of Christians located in West Palm Beach aiming to be faithful in every way to Jesus Christ. In these verses we are reminded once again that our love for one another is evidence of genuine faith in our hearts. John speaks of the evidence of love in 1 Jn 3:14–15, and sandwiching those verses on either side comes John's teaching about the essence of love. Third, and the easiest to detect, God’s children love each other (1 John 3:11-24—Social). See John 1:29; John 11:3, etc. 1 John 3:11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. God is greater than our condemning hearts. 1John 1:5 And this is the message (aggelia) we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. John says we have "heard from the beginning" the message that we should love one another. "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all" (1 Jn 1:5). John's command in 1Jn 2:24 applies to us in terms of ethics as well as doctrine 'Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.'" (The Letters of John by John R. W. Stott), From the beginning - Same phrase - 1Jn 1:1, 2:7, 2:13, 2:14, 2:24, 3:8, 3:11. Love is the denial of self for another’s gain. In verse 19 John says we can know we are of the truth and have our hearts assured that we have eternal life. John 15:12 "is itself a restatement of the “new commandment” of John 13:34." Wuest - Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning, to the effect that we should habitually be loving one another with a divine love. (3:11) It's amazing that we Christians need to hear the message, the command, of love so often -- and still we don't get it. Being precedes doing, but all Christian doing must be based on being, that is, on who we are in Christ. BROTHERLY LOVE: "The beginning" likely refers to when his readers first heard the gospel message. (Collected Writings), John Piper explains that " The for at the beginning of this verse shows that in John's mind 1Jn 3:11 is the ground or the reason for 1Jn 3:10, or more specifically the reason for why he can shift from righteousness in general as a test of divine sonship to the specific test of love for the brethren. Notice that John does not pass this off to the church to first deal with the situation. They were the ones with the new revelations. Biblically speaking doctrine and ethics always go together. From Talk Thru the Bible. It is a very close parallel (almost word for word) with I John 1:5. You know that you have truly moved from the realm of darkness and sin to the realm of light and righteousness when we love each other. We beat ourselves up for not doing better. In contrast to the wicked act of Cain, John turns our attention to the perfect display of love found in Jesus. The Gospel message of Him who loved us, announced by His servants, is, that we love the brethren; not here all mankind, but those who are our brethren in Christ, children of the same family of God, of whom we have been born anew. We must show we love (cf. page 3 / 8 AN ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE OF OUR LIFE IN CHRIST IS OUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. It is a very close parallel (almost word for word) with 1 John 1:5. There is a lot that could be said on the meaning of these words. What we need, which is what his readers needed, is to go back to what we have heard from the beginning. Answer: 1. As the writer of Hebrews declared, we stir each other up to love and good works when we are gathering together (Hebrews 10:24-25). Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. John 3:11. We know what love looks like because we see in Jesus the perfect example of love. Whenever you encounter a conjunction used as a term of explanation, pause and ask "What is the writer explaining?" God answers our prayers when we are walking down the right path. His readers will be safe if they hold fast to the message which they heard, and that publicly and openly, from the beginning… In both doctrine and ethics we must go right back to the beginning and enquire what the apostles originally taught and their first converts both had (1Jn 2:7, eichete, aorist) and heard (1Jn 2:24 and 1Jn 3:11, ēkousate, another aorist). If a brother or sister in Christ is found to be in true need, we as individuals are to do something about it. 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