| “Sincere” means to be “tested by sunlight,” and God wants His people to be tested by the light of His Word and to be found “sincere,” to be clean and pure, truthful and honest, and to be without deceit and pretense. In order for this, He desires “that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment,” and such experience is possible by our “being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.” To this end, we are to “desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby,” and we have the assurance of God’s grace toward “all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.” As we walk in the light of His Word, such “simplicity and godly sincerity” will be ours, as we are “tested by sunlight,” for “the entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple,” and to this Word of God “ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts.” Such a life will “prove the sincerity of your love.” |
