Pastor Billy Myron continues teaching through 1 John chapter 2, focusing on verses 3-6 and the theme of experiential knowledge. John emphasizes how believers can know they know God and are in Him through keeping His commandments. The Greek word ginosko denotes knowledge gained by experience, distinct from mere intellectual knowing.
The pastor contrasts this with the negative example in verse 4: claiming to know God while not keeping His commandments makes one a liar. Keeping God’s word perfects the love of God in the believer, enabling them to know they abide in Him. Believers should walk as Christ walked.
He explains that New Testament commandments differ from Old Testament law. They are positive directives without attached punishments, fitting the current dispensation of grace. The new commandment is to love one another as Christ loved us—agape love that puts others first.
Drawing from Galatians, the message stresses liberty in Christ: believers are free from the law and the sin nature because the old man was crucified with Christ (Romans 6). Paul urges walking by the Spirit and serving one another through love, which fulfills the intent of the law. Philippians 3 highlights the desire to experientially know Christ and the power of His resurrection.
Additional 1 John passages link agape love with knowing God: loving one another demonstrates birth from God and abiding in truth. This produces confidence toward God rather than self-condemnation. In Ephesians, love edifies the body of Christ, promoting unity and maturity as members build one another up.
The sermon concludes that experiential knowledge—gained by living out these truths—transforms theoretical understanding into lived reality, strengthening the believer’s walk.
