3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
THIS IS a WAY you can KNOW that YOU belong to CHRIST and are ONE OF HIS CHILDREN, bound for Heaven forever to live with HIM!
IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Someone who claims to be a believer and constantly steals CANNOT possibly be a believer.
Christ said DO NOT STEAL...
If you have NO LOVE to be around other believers, May I remind you that the second greatest commandment Jesus gave was to LOVE THY NEIGHBOR as THYSELF and another was LOVE ONE ANOTHER....
Pretty hard to imagine someone being a disciple of Christ and despise being around other real believers.
It is a good check up on yourself to assure yourself that you have given your heart to him, NOT your head.
If you do not like being around other Christians, there is something wrong in your heart and hence, your relationship to Christ!
The HOLY SPIRIT indwells all of us the very moment we ask Jesus to Save us and come into our hearts.
THE SPIRIT bears witness when we are in contact with another person who also has the Spirit indwelling them. We KNOW we are talking to another believer...
SO, this verse is a good check up on whether one is a LIP SERVICE Christian or a real one.
Notice how ALL the politicians running today all claim to be Christians???? Funny that MOST cannot recite scripture yet they claim to love the Lord and IGNORE HIS written WORD.......
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