Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Peter 1:17-23
by: Gabriela Alonzo.
Through the sacrifice of Christ, we have been redeemed by His blood. In our obedience as believers, we have been purified and can know sincere and brotherly love because of Christ’s sacrifice. This is the love that we are called to have for one another—a love that is rooted in obedience to God and the purity of Christ’s sacrifice. 1 John 4:19-20 tells us that it is because of God’s love for us that we have the capacity to love others; that we cannot harbor hatred in our heart for our brother and claim to love God.