1 John 2:10-11 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
To know and love God is to obey Him and to love our brothers and sisters in Christ. The last part of that statement is the litmus test. If we do not actively love others, it shows that we are in darkness, and that our disobedience will show up in other ways too. We will trip over the other stumbling blocks in our lives - temptations, doubts and fears. Often we are clueless as to how we are NOT showing love to our brothers and sisters. If we are "blind" to those sins, we are going to be blind to other acts of disobedience as well. That is why we need one another, to point out the obvious sins against others that we ourselves cannot see. And we need to be willing to listen to one another, or we are going to have a lot of sore spiritual toes, and worse...
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