1 John 2:7-14 - The Old Commandment, Ever New

Sermon Discussion Questions 

1) To love one another as we ought is to love one another with our our all (“we ought to lay down our lives for one another,” 3:16). Where do you find yourself “holding back,” in self-protection or self-preservation in ways that are ultimately unloving? What are you afraid you will lose? 

2) How can we discern the difference between a Christ-like love that gives our whole selves up to God for the flourishing of one another, and a disordered love that sacrifices ourselves to one another, and is finally idolatrous or man-fearing? 

3) We often feel we cannot love as we ought, for lack of love in ourselves. How does 1 John 2:8 give the lie to this fear as those united to Christ by faith?