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8 aHe who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, bthat He might destroy the works of the devil.  
9 Whoever has been aborn of God does not sin, for bHis seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.  

The Imperative of Love

10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, athat we should love one another,  
12 not as aCain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.  
13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if athe world hates you.  
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love1 his brother abides in death.  
15 aWhoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that bno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.  

The Outworking of Love

16 aBy this we know love, bbecause He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.  
17 But awhoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?  
18 My little children, alet us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  
19 And by this we1 know athat we are of the truth, and shall2 assure our hearts before Him.  
20 aFor if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.  
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I John 3:10-18

I am sure that I could have used dozens of scriptures to illustrate this and to prove it, but it all boils down to this: It is the way we live that reveals who the children of God are.

Those three sections that I have read to you, "by this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:35). That illustrates something. The children of God are made known or manifested by the way they live. I John 3:10 makes that very clear.

We understand what righteousness is, and in this context righteousness is love. Loving your brother, to be more specific. To not do anything—I am taking [picking] this out of what John says here—is almost equated as a form of hatred. It is almost equated with murder.

John makes it very clear in verses 17 and 18 [I John 3:17-18] that fine words, or fine thoughts, or fine feelings can never take the place of something that is done.

Excerpted from Producing Fruit

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