Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 John 4:8
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
1 John 4:8
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
1 John 4:8
SCRIPTURE
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." — 1 John 4:8 (ASV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
I have known men, professing to be Christians, at enmity with their brothers. I have heard of a father and a son who have not spoken to one another for months. Did I hear of a mother and a daughter who would not speak to each other, and of sisters who had fallen out? This will not do; you must either give up your Christian profession or give up your hatred. The very attempt to combine enmity and Christianity is a sin against God: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
He may be very orthodox, but if he does not love, he does not know God, and if he does not know God, what does he know? There is such a thing as holding the truth in bitterness, but those who know God, and are truly his children, hold the truth in love.