LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER

1 John 4:1-21

Key verse: 1 John 4:7, 8

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1.      What are the people’s responses to spirits (or spiritual things)? (1a) What should Christians do to the spirits? (1b) Why? (1c) How can we distinguish the Spirit of God from the spirit of the antichrist? (2, 3)

2.      How can Christians overcome the spirit of the antichrist? (4) Who are ‘they’ in verse 5 and ‘we’ in verse 6? What are the characteristics of people from God versus characteristics of people from the world? (5, 6) How are they different from each other?

3.      What should Christians do to each other? (7a) What is the difference between those who love and who do not? (7b, 8a) How can we know God? Why? (8)

4.      How did God show us his love? (9) What is the true love? (10) Think about God’s love that sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice.

5.      Why is it appropriate for us to love one another? (11) What happens in us when we love one another? (12, 13)

6.      How can we live in God? (14, 15) What happens to those who live in God? (16, 17a) What are the fruits of perfect love? (17b, 18)

7.      What makes us love God? (19) Why can’t we say ‘I love God,’ when we hate our brothers? (20) What is our commandment from our Lord? (21)