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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:1-6

LOVE FINDS THE TRUTH; FEAR TAKES UP WITH ERRORCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESIN the first three verses the apostle guards his readers against being misled by false pretensions to the possession of the Spirit (see chap. 1 John 2:24).1 John 4:1. Beloved.—Indicating the affectionate relations in which St. John and his disciples stood. Believe not.—Do not be carried away by loud professions. In all ages of the Church persons have arisen who claimed to possess supernatural powers, or to have received... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:7-14

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 John 4:7.—The previous verses are in some sense an “aside.” The apostle now resumes his proper theme. His main truth is this—Love is the mark of the children of God, who is love. Love to God is a delusion if it does not find expression in love toward one another as brethren. And love of the brethren is a sure test of our having the Spirit of God, for the spirit of antichrist is a self-seeking and self-serving spirit. “Just as it severs the Divine from the human in... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:15-21

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 John 4:15. Son of God.—St. John was jealous of the double truth of the person of Jesus—His Divinity and His humanity.1 John 4:17. Made perfect.—Or reaches its purpose and end. The sign of its being fully developed in us will be the removal of fear in relation to the “day of judgment.” We shall no more fear it than Jesus did. Enter into sonship, and all thought of judgment day passes away from us. Children are not afraid of their father.1 John 4:20-21.—A... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:7

1 John 4:7 Love of Relations and Friends. There have been men before now who have supposed Christian love was so diffusive as not to admit of concentration upon individuals, so that we ought to love all men equally. And many there are who, without bringing forward any theory, yet consider practically that the love of many is something superior to the love of one or two, and neglect the charities of private life while busy in the schemes of expansive benevolence or of effecting a general union... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:7-10

1 John 4:7-10 Love is of God; God is Love. I. "Love is of God." This does not mean merely that love comes from God and has its source in God, that He is the Author or Creator of it. All created things are of God, for by Him all things were made, and on Him they all depend. But love is not a created thing; it is a Divine property, a Divine affection; and it is of its essence to be communicative and begetting, to communicate itself and, as it were, beget its own likeness. "Love is of God." It is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:8

1 John 4:8 , 1 John 4:16 I. God is love. The text takes us up, as it were, above the veil; we are caught up through the door of this vision to the sanctuary of God's throne. We are suffered to know something, not of His working only, but of His being. We are led to the fountain of all good and joy. And that fountain is this, says St. John: "God is love." Is there not something to grasp, to embrace, in these words, "God is love," when within the glory of the Godhead we see the revealed love of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:11

1 John 4:11 Sacrifice and Service. I. The sacrifice of love. It is of this that St. John speaks when he says, "In this was manifested the love of God toward us." True, the visible world teems with illustrations of God's love, but this surpasses them all; true, our houses are filled with proofs of God's love, but this transcends them all. For "herein is love, not that we loved God." No: we had apostatised from Him; we had cast off His allegiance; we were in arms against Him; yet in this was... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:16

1 John 4:16 The Soul Dwelling in God. These words embody one of the manifold aspects of the Christian ideal. They suggest the inwardness and exaltation of the Christian life. I. The love dwelling in which is one with dwelling in God is not any love; it is not all that passes by the name of love; it is that love only which has been poured forth in Christ for the salvation of the world. There rises overhead and around the Christian soul the vision, the thought and memory, of the love of God in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:17

1 John 4:17 The Fear of Death. I. Is not the bondage to the fear of death the one heavy burden of life? I do not mean that the fear of our own individual death is a constantly present fear. It may but seldom occur consciously to the mind. But though the prospect and the thought be banished, the bondage abides still. The hunger of a soul is felt, though the attention be distracted from its existence. A life occupied only upon the things which perish feels resting heavily upon it a burden; and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:18

1 John 4:18 I. The Apostle here contemplates a universal dominion of fear wherever there is not the presence of active love. Of course he is speaking about the emotions which men cherish with regard to God. It is not fear and love generally that he is talking about, but it is the relation in which we stand to our Father in heaven; and of that he says universally, Those that do not love Him fear Him. Is that true? It is not difficult, I think, to establish it. (1) This universal dominion of fear... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:1-6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:7-14

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:15-21

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:7

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:7-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:8

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:11

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:16

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:17

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:18

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