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I John 4:20-21
Excerpted from: Love's Emotional Dimension

These verses are presented by John as a challenge, as a test to those who are reading, because there are many who say they “love God” or “I have fellowship with God” or “I know God” and John is saying, prove it by loving your brother. The proof that love is real is the action that it produces. It will always help the other person in the long run.

And if a person really loves God, he will honor his parents, he will not commit murder, he will not fornicate, commit adultery, or lie, or steal, or covet. In other words, he will keep the commandments. If a person is really getting close to God, he will not do any other those things in their spiritual ramifications as well.

This verse, then, offers a permanently valid test as to whether our religion is the true one or not. Do we love God? Do we love one another? The proof that we love God is that we love our brother with agape love because that kind of love must have an outlet or it is not reciprocated back to God.

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