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It is no coincidence that the yardstick for love according to the Apostle John falls in the same chapter and verse in 2 of his books. The popular “God so loved the world that He GAVE (my capitals) His only begotten son…..” is found in the 3rd chapter of John the 16th verse. Then in the first epistle of John the 3rd chapter and 16th verse we find: “This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us.” The former in the gospel of John is from the Father’s perspective, the latter in the epistle of John is from the Son’s perspective.
Also, John tells us that he wrote his gospel so that we may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and believing we may have life. (see John 20 v.31) Whereas he tells us in his epistle that it is written to us who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that we may KNOW (capitals mine) that we have eternal life. (see I John 5 v.13) In other words he wanted us to have assurance about our eternal life. His epistles build upon his gospel. First the objective is for us to believe and have life, then once that is established, the objective is for us to enjoy assurance about that fact. It is settled forever. No anxiety need remain about it. That peace and assurance sets us apart as one in whom that great issue of eternal destination has been forever settled. What a huge and awesome advantage that becomes as we go about our daily lives!
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