06.23.24 | Believe God and Love One Another | Doug Page

Love Demonstrated:
1 John 3:16-18

• God’s Love for Us
• Our Love for Others
• Our Love for those on Team Darkness

Ephesians 5:2
1 John 3:10; 2:10; 3:11; 3:14-15; 4:20-21

God’s Clear Command: Believe in God and Love One Another
1 John 3:23-24

• Fellowship is a standing with God we cannot lose. 
• Abiding is a posture of dependence on Jesus. 
• Keeping His commandments is the product of abiding.
• His command is to believe in God and love one another.

Believing God and Loving Others provides:

1. Assurance

1 John 3:19

2. Confidence

1 John 3:20-21
Romans 8:1-2

Sometimes, our heart condemns us, but in doing so, it gives a wrong verdict, and then we have the satisfaction of being able to take the case to a higher court, for God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things. -  Charles Spurgeon

Hebrews 4:16
Hebrews 11:6

3. Assistance from the Holy Spirit

1 John 3:23-24
John 14:15-21
Romans 8:16
Galatians 5:16