Knowing My Disciples

[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples by your orthodox statement of beliefs.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples if you read the Bible every day.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples if you wear black pants, white shirts and a name badge.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples by your membership in a local congregation of the church.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples because you are in church every Sunday morning.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples because you don’t drink alcohol or smoke dope.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples if you call Me ‘Jehovah’ and learn how to out-argue everyone you meet.”
[ ] “They will know you’re My disciples if you love one another.”

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Is proof of your being a disciple increasing? The right answer is a good way to test your discipleship on your own, too! Who do you love? How disciplined are you at loving the rest of the family?

If you are struggling, be encouraged! The fruit of the Spirit is love… Ask for some. If you are having a problem deciding how to show it, ask Him to give you a greater revelation of His love for you. He would love to answer that prayer!

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
(1 John 4:7-11 HCSB ©®)