But whoever has this world's good and sees that his brother has need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. - I John 3:17-18
The early church in the 1st century was under attack from both the inside and the outside. So what has changed? It should not surprise us that the Holy Spirit has anticipated every conceivable form of attack and diversion, and the three epistles of John are full of insight that is timely for each of us - at the personal level as well as the corporate.
I John: Transformed Vs. Conformed
