1 John 1-3

It took me about 12 minutes to read this part of John's first letter. John speaks in lovely and glowing words of who Jesus is and the power of his redeeming sacrifice. Then in 3:18 he calls on Christians to act. We often talk a lot about the love of God working in our lives, but what we need to be doing is loving. We love God by loving others. We love others by sacrificing our selfish wants. Yet we can continue to love ourselves; not out of selfishness, but out of humble recognition of what God has accomplished in our lives.
Stuart