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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:11

REFLECTED LOVE‘Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.’ 1 John 4:11 Thus St. John has summed up his argument, and this is ‘the conclusion of the whole matter.’Whom are we to ‘love’? ‘One another.’ St. John is not writing about family affections, or private friendships, parents and children, brothers and sisters, or a few intimacies. He is writing to ‘the Church.’ Whom, then, ought we to love? Who are the ‘one another’? All in the Great Brotherhoood; in the Family of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:16

LOVE’S CROWN‘God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.’ 1 John 4:16 It is a distinction between Christians and all others, that whereas the heathen and unbelieving world knows not or heeds not the Gospel, they who are Christ’s know and believe the love of God, rejoice in its manifestations, and reap its benefits. I. The fact of God’s love to us.—Our Father in heaven is not only good, bountiful, forbearing, but He is loving.( a) A wonderful fact. It appears... read more

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:18

LOVE AND FEAR‘Perfect love casteth out fear.’ 1 John 4:18 This principle, that ‘perfect love casteth out fear,’ is a universal principle, and belongs to all human things. It is shown most completely in religious matters; but it is also true that, wherever love rules, there fear has no place; that we do not fear or suspect those whom we love; and that this is true of us just in proportion as our love is true and strong. I. Trust in God, and confidence in Him, is really worship, even although... read more

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:19

GOD’S LOVE AND MAN’S RESPONSE‘We love Him, because He first loved us.’ 1 John 4:19 God’s love and man’s response—that is the meaning of our life as Christians. And it is God’s love, the kindness of God our Saviour, that comes first. I. We are surrounded, enwrapped in God’s love.—It is so close, it envelops us so completely, that for many of us it takes a long while to discern it; and when we do it comes with all the force of a discovery, just because it was ‘closer than breathing, nearer than... read more

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:20

LOVE TO MEN‘He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen?’ 1 John 4:20 We cannot love Him Whom we do not realise, and to realise the great invisible Influence in which we live and move and have our being, to realise the Person Who is watching over and directing us and directing all this complicated scheme of things, is harder and harder to do. And the world comes close around us and absorbs us. If that is our difficulty we may take the verse... read more

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:21

GOD’S LOVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL‘And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.’ 1 John 4:21 It does not need, in order to call’s God’s attention, that a whole nation or an entire Church should turn from sin and set itself to serve Almighty God. There is joy in heaven for one sinner that repenteth. I. Let us think of this individual love of God for a man’s soul.—It is revealed most plainly to us by our Blessed Lord Himself in His work and in His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:1-6

Compare 1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 Corinthians 14:32 The Spirits of the Prophets (1 John 4:1-6 ). John here warns of the dangers of listening to prophets without testing their message, in the way that Paul commanded in 1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 Corinthians 14:32. Prophetic men arise and can seem inspired, but the test is whether they speak according to the Scriptures and the testimony of the Apostles, the guardians of the truth appointed by Jesus Himself, who themselves received the truth from Him,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

The Centrality of Christian Love (1 John 3:11 to 1 John 4:21 ). The reference to loving one’s brother, deliberately added almost as an appendage in 1 John 3:10 in order to introduce the next section, now leads on to that section where love is pre-eminent. Previously any emphasis has been on God’s love for His own (1 John 2:5; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 3:1) although love of fellow-Christians has not been totally ignored (1 John 2:8-11), but from now on the thought becomes central. The emphasis has... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:4-5

‘You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. They are of the world, therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.’ But he is confident that the true Christians will not be misled by false prophets because as true Christians they have ‘the anointing’ (1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27). The Holy Spirit is within them. And He will lead them into truth. And the Father and the Son also abide within them (1 John... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:6

‘We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.’ The question here is who are ‘we’?’ Does he mean ‘we Apostles’ of whom he is now the representative, or does he mean ‘we churches’, especially the duly appointed leaders. Either way his message is emphatic. ‘We are of God.’ Thus we have the truth. And those who know God hear us, because the anointing within them reveals to them the truth through the... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:11

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:16

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:18

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:19

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:20

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:1-6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:4-5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:6

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