In (1st John 4:17), it reads: As Jesus is so am I in this world. As a matter of fact, from (1st John 4:7-17), it talks of the love of God — who IS love, and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God, [This birth — born of God, is speaking of the born-again/save ].
If you’re not born-again/saved, you don’t, and can’t have the God kind of love for anything or anybody. God’s love is unconditional — agape, and all other kinds of love is conditional — selfish.
You can tell if the God kind of love is in a person by action, speech, and deed which exposes the god living inside of them, (1st John 4:12,13, 15,16). So, where am I going with this?
Look at everyday life; look at this world, look at your neighbor, look at yourself and your speech; your actions and reactions. Look at how you automatically behave in front of friends, strangers, and love ones; do you fluctuate because of prejudices stored internally, so grouping is your way of understanding as how you’ll conduct yourself be it positively or negatively. Do they expose the love of God, or of Satan, example: Satan will call you by your sin and not by your name, and God will call you by your name but not by your sin.
What’s in your heart that’s coming out of your mouth, because what’s in your heart is what you believe, and what you believe will come out your mouth, and that which comes out of your mouth you’ll do, and what you do exposes your god.
God is love, Jesus is Love, and the Holy Spirit is love, and that’s what we’re about once saved if God abides in us, because (1st John 4:17) reads: “As Jesus is” so are we IN THIS WORLD. We’re to love one another now while in this world; that’s a divine statement of spiritual protocol, (Galatians 5:16- 26).
It’s either God or Satan working through us, and it’s Satan’s job to steer people away from love/God through the flesh, but it’s God’s Will for us to be led by Him through the Spirit/Holy Spirit.
So, watch yourself before you call someone by their sin; out of their name, or talk down to them with a sharp tongue, grouping, and living your life thinking and acting as if you’re self-righteous. Scripture calls you a fraud/hypocrite, (Matthew 23:13,15, 25 – 28).
Be careful, your god/father just might be Satan, (John 8:44).
Gaidi
Word of note: When I speak of the flesh I’m not speaking of skin, blood or bones. I’m speaking of any and everything that’s contradictory to the word of God. So, if you don’t know the word of God, and you’re saved, then you’re handicapped.
If you do know the word of God and your method of moving people is putting them into condemnation with a sharp tongue, short of embarrassment and humiliation; judging, and using God as a weapon, then you’re a phony/hypocrite, because Jesus took condemnation to the Cross; why use it on people?
If you don’t know God, because you’re not born-again/saved, then Satan’s got your back — with his knife plunged deep into it despite the fact he’s also pulling your chain so you’ll dance to his tune.
Gaidi