I am writing to you who are God's children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus. I am writing to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I am writing to you who are young in the faith because you have won your battle with the evil one. I have written to you who are God's children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God's word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the evil one. Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. 1 John 2:12-17
But anyone who does not love does
not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8
We know how much God loves us, and
we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in
love live in God, and God lives in them. 1 John 4:16
When my
daughter was in about the first grade, Lisa was in a “Psalty” musical at the
Sheppard AFB Chapel and sang a song that comes from 1 John 4:7-8, in the King
James Version. It has a catchy tune that I still remember…so does Lisa, who has
taught it to her own kiddos.
Beloved, let us love one another:
for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 1 John 4:7-8 KJV
When we
love the world as well as the fame and fortune it offers instead of God…then we
lose out on the love of God the Father. We can’t serve both.
"No one can serve two masters.
For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and
despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Luke 16:13
You
choose. Which will it be…money or God?
Prayer
– Thank you, God, for this lesson. You are love. I choose You.
Verse
of Salvation ~ Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when
you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the
world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we
see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the
Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with
everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live
forever. 1 John
2:15-17
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