November 7

From: Daily Sacrifice By: Henry Allan Ironside

1 John 3:13‑14

“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death”―1 John 3:13, 14¹³Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. (1 John 3:13‑14).

ALL who are born of God partake of His nature. Hence, as He is love, so they are loving. Hatred is incompatible with the new life imparted to all who believe in the Lord Jesus. Nor is this love merely a matter of sentiment or of lip-service. it is a very real experience and marks out the believer as one who like his Master loves on in spite of the world’s attitude, whether of hate or of cold unconcern. God’s perfect love apprehended by faith frees the soul from fear and fills the heart with love toward others.

“Happy the heart where grace doth reign

Where love inspires the breast:

Love is the brightest of the train,

And perfects all the rest.

Knowledge, alas, ‘tis all in vain,

And all in vain our fear;

Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,

If love be absent there.

‘Tis love that makes our cheerful feet

In swift obedience move:

The devils know, and tremble too;

But Satan cannot love.”