Sunday, March 4, 2012

STUDIES IN 1 JOHN

LESSON 5

ON HATING YOUR BROTHER

1 John 2:8-11 (KJV)

 8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:8-11 (AMP)

8Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true (is realized) in Him and in you, because the darkness ([a]moral blindness) is clearing away and the true Light ([b]the revelation of God in Christ) is already shining. 9Whoever says he is in the Light and [yet] hates his brother [Christian, [c]born-again child of God his Father] is in darkness even until now. 10Whoever loves his brother [believer] abides (lives) in the Light, and in It or in him there is no occasion for stumbling or cause for error or sin. 11But he who hates (detests, despises) his brother [[d]in Christ] is in darkness and walking (living) in the dark; he is straying and does not perceive or know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.



1.    A NEW COMMANDMENT v.8

v  In v. 7 John claims he is not writing a “new commandment” yet in v.8 he says he is; no contradiction here, just renewing the old and refining it’s meaning in Christ

v  He says this is true in Him and in us (we know this by the Spirit & the Word)

v  We see evidence that the darkness is leaving & the light is appearing

2.    CLARIFICATION & UNDERSTANDING v.9

v  This applies not only to family but to Christian relationships as well

v  If we “say” we are in the Light but hate a person in relationship with us, we are in darkness and the Light of Christ is not in us

3.    LOVE IS THE KEY v.10

v  Whoever loves lives in the Light

v  there is no occasion for stumbling or cause for error or sin”

4.    WARNING ADDED FOR EMPHASIS v.11

v  Anyone who hates his brother (applies to all – no reason or excuse)

v  Is in darkness – walking & living in the dark

v  Straying – not perceiving or understanding where he is going

v  Because darkness has blinded his eyes

WALK IN THE LIGHT AS CHRIST DOES AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DARKNESS.
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