Taught By God

1 Thessalonians 4:9 - Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

Romans 12:10 - Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

John 6:45 - It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God. 'Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

John 13:34 - "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Conclusions:

• Brotherly love translates Philadelphia, a Greek word that outside the New Testament almost without exception denoted the mutual love of children of the same father
• In the New Testament brotherly love always means love of fellow believers in Christ, all of whom have the same heavenly Father
• Brotherly love is love within the family of God
• Only a mind renewed by the Holy Spirit could possible honor one another above themselves
• The Prophets are the section of the Old Testament from which John 6:45 comes
• Only those who learn from God come to salvation, and all who learn from Him are saved
• In a sense “Love one another” was an old command, but for Christ’s disciples it was new, because it was the mark of their brotherhood, created by Christ’s great love for them
• Our standard is Christ’s love for us

Application:

• Do you love your fellow believers in Christ?
• Do you have a mind renewed by the Holy Spirit?
• Do you learn from God?
• Do you love others?