Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 John 4:16b-21
by: Jasmine Lynch.
Several scriptures command us to love both our enemies and our neighbors. John commanded us here to love our brothers. “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (v.16, NKJV). John builds a very good case for why it is impossible to be a follower of God and hate your brother. Then John says, if we cannot love those whom we can see, how are we going to love God whom we cannot see. Is it possible for the ungodly to love his brother? Is it impossible for a believer to not love his brother? Let us focus on building each other up in love rather than tearing each other down.