Lesson 95 - 1 John 3:11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

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Welcome to the Hope Bible School verse-by-verse Bible study of 1 John. This is Jeff M Newman. Get a new lesson every other week on Mondays at 12:00 PM Pacific.

In Lesson 95, we are going to study 1 John 3:11.

Let’s read the verse:

1 John 3:11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Let’s go over the definitions of the words.

This (3778. houtos, hauté, touto) is (1510. eimi) the (3588. ho, hé, to) message (31. aggelia) — means the specific announcement being communicated.

You have heard (191. akouó) — means to hear, listen to, and understand what is being communicated.

From (575. apo) the beginning (746. arché) — means from the beginning or initial point of their instruction.

We should love (25. agapaó) one another (240. allélón) — means to deliberately and selflessly seek the good and well-being of one another, following the example of Christ.

In other words, this is the specific message you heard and understood from the beginning: that we should deliberately and selflessly seek the well-being of one another, following Christ as our example.

In Lesson 93 and Lesson 94, we learned that children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil. Children of God practice righteousness and love their brothers and sisters in Christ. Those who do not practice righteousness and do not love their fellow believers show that they are not of God.