Meditate on this: Our obedience should reveal our knowledge of Christ [1 John 2:3-6]
The beloved Apostle confirms our faith in Christ, “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected; hereby know we that we are in him, He that sayeth he abideth in him ought himself to walk, even as he walked.” The word know means to perceive or understand, i.e. to know experientially.
Matthew Henry wrote, “Now light is to kindle love; and love must and will keep the word of God; it enquires wherein the beloved may be pleased and served, and, finding he will be so by observance of his declared will, there it employs and exerts itself; there love is demonstrated; there it has its perfect (or complete) exercise, operation, and delight; and hereby (by this dutiful attendance to the will of God, or Christ) we know that we are in him, we know that we belong to him, and that we are united to him by that Spirit which elevates and assists us to this obedience.”
The beloved Apostle confirms our faith in Christ, “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected; hereby know we that we are in him, He that sayeth he abideth in him ought himself to walk, even as he walked.” The word know means to perceive or understand, i.e. to know experientially.
Matthew Henry wrote, “Now light is to kindle love; and love must and will keep the word of God; it enquires wherein the beloved may be pleased and served, and, finding he will be so by observance of his declared will, there it employs and exerts itself; there love is demonstrated; there it has its perfect (or complete) exercise, operation, and delight; and hereby (by this dutiful attendance to the will of God, or Christ) we know that we are in him, we know that we belong to him, and that we are united to him by that Spirit which elevates and assists us to this obedience.”
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