God's Love Perfected In Us (1John 2:3-6) Introduction: Having God's love perfected in us greatly expands our hearts.
Exposition 1. What does it mean to have fellowship with God? (a) "We know Him" (2:3, 4) (b) "Truly the love of God is perfected in him" (2:5a) (c) "We are in Him" (2:5b) (d) "He abides in Him" (2:6)
2. How can we know we have fellowship with God? (a) "If we keep his commandments" (2:3, 4) (b) "[If we keep] his word" (v. 5) (c) "[If we] walk just as he walked" (v. 6)
Application 1. Do you even know God's commandments? 2. You may have to fight for assurance. 3. You have to come to God before you can obey.
"Such an efficacious governing knowledge of him, therefore, as, by the power of the love which it produces, subdues our souls to the obedience of him, is a certain proof to us of our union with him (1Jo 5:20) and relation to him" (Matthew Poole on 1Jn 2:5).
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