Truths to meditate

1. Those who are born of God keep his commandments.

1 John 2:3–4: "By this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says 'I know him' but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

1 John 3:24: "Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him."

2. Those who are born of God walk as Christ walked.

1 John 2:5–6: "By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked."

3. Those who are born of God don't hate others but love them.

1 John 2:9: "Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness."

1 John 3:14: "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death."

1 John 4:7–8: "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love."

1 John 4:20: "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar."

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Regards,
Ryan Chia

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Mission exists
because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is
ultimate, not man.

*From John Piper, Let The Nations Be Glad*