We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:3-4

1. Whenver prideful attitudes arise in the church they must be ____________ in light of God's Word.

2. TEST #1 - If you claim to ____________ God, do you ____________ his commands?

3. Loving as Jesus loved fulfills Christ's command. But we often use ____________ selfishly and not lovingly.

4. Jesus acted on His knowledge of God in order to __________ us.


Scripture Readings
Acts 1:12-26
1 John 2:3-11
John 17:11b-19

Take It With You!

As we spend our Summer growing in the love of God, it will be helpful for everyone to be reading through 1 John daily. Here helpful insights will be offered to aid in your study.

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
John 8:31-32

"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:14-15

Meditatio [meditating on God's Word] is the discipline we give to keeping the memory active in the act of reading. Meditation moves from looking at the words of the text to entering the world of the text. As we take this text into ourselves, we find that the text is taking us into itself. For minds and experience. The biblical text is a witness to God revealing himself. The revelation is not a series of random oracles that illuminate momentary obscurities or guide us through perplexing circumstances. This text is God-revealing: God creating, God saving, God blessing.
Eugene Peterson, Eat This Book