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Enough To Share With Them? When seeing a brother in need, our heart

ought to move us to help 1 Jn 3:17 We shouldn’t “pass by” Lk 10:30-35

There will always be needy brethren The test of love will be how we view our

own possessions Acts 4:32, 34-35

Enough To Suffer For Them? Since Christianity entered the world,

disciples have suffered Heb 10:32-34 We’ve been taught this 2 Tim 3:12 Notice the writer’s 2 examples v. 33

Some suffered “partly” through public humiliation re: their own sufferings

Enough To Suffer For Them? Since Christianity entered the world,

disciples have suffered Heb 10:32-34 We’ve been taught this 2 Tim 3:12 Notice the writer’s 2 examples v. 33

Others suffered “partly” because of their association with their brethren who were being mistreated

Enough To Suffer For Them? Another exhortation Heb 13:1

The writer doesn’t say “Have brotherly love” His exhortation “Let it love continue” was

already proven by 10:32-34 The true test of brotherly love = who stays

around when things don’t go well

Enough To Die For Them? Another “true test” of brotherly love for

one another 1 Jn 3:16 Jn 15:13 A sign of spiritual maturity = willingness

to lay down one’s life for another There is not a more basic human instinct

than to live Yet, we are called to die for one another

Enough To Die For Them? Some might dismiss such “dying” as

cultural…only for the 1st century If we don’t have to do this, we are thankful John didn’t say we must die for brethren He taught we must be willing to do so…

we “ought” to lay down our lives for brethren

Enough To Die For Them? We “ought” to do this…

Speaks to our willingness to do something A word used 36 times in the N.T. Proper definition = a monetary debt

Mt 18:28-34

Enough To Die For Them? We “ought” to do this…

Speaks to our willingness to do something Metaphoric definition = “to be bound;

to be under obligation; bound by duty or necessity; to do something”

1 Cor 7:3 Heb 5:12 1 Jn 3:16

Some Concluding Thoughts… Select a brother/sister in this family &

consider some probing questions A failure to be able to answer them points

to a failure to be as close as we should be The 3 questions in this lesson would be

answered “YES” re: our physical family

Some Concluding Thoughts… Remember…physical families stop at the

grave Mt 22:29-30 If these 3 questions are answered with a “NO” or a hesitant “YES”…what would John say about us? 1 Jn 3:14

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