1 John 3: 11-20

1 John 3:11-20 (New International Version)

Love one another
11This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.

16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 19This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

We continue on with 1 John as he continues to dispel the gnostic beliefs. He uses extreme opposites to describe our actions if we choose to hate our brothers... To hate your brother puts us to the same level of Cain, a murderer! What stuck out to me is the part that says "He who does not love abides in death". That really stucks out doesn't it? To chose not to act is just as bad as choosing the act wrongly too. So make sure to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.