Testing Our Faith

This week in class we were challenged to use 1 John as a test to see if we have 'eternal life'. One of the things that we talked about was that it is through our love for one another that our true spiritual 'heartbeat' can be seen. Our love (and on the other end of the spectrum our hatred) for people is how we can know that we have eternal life. We struggled with the idea of what 'hatred' really means... and we decided that maybe it doesn't have to mean that we despise people. Maybe it could simply be our indifferance to their spiritual condition or our lack of interaction with them because they are 'different' than us. So my question for you this week is: How are you doing in LOVING people like Jesus this week? Have you struggled with this at all in the hallways of your school? How about at home? Also, don't forget to read a chapter a day in 1 John focusing on the word 'World' this week.