Why did John choose these three? He first talks about knowing God, having fellowship with God and he says that the tests for knowing God are obedience, love and doctrine. He then talks about being a child of God and again the tests are obedience, love and doctrine.
We need to remember that obedience grows out of fellowship with God and being a child of God. We are not a child because we are obedient but rather we are obedient because we are a child. Next Sunday we will look at the concept of love as a child of God.
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