The document discusses three tests that demonstrate knowing God: obedience to his commands which is the moral test, love for one another which is the social test, and belief in God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ who laid down his life for humanity which is the doctrinal test. It emphasizes the command to love one another which it describes as both an old command but also a new one.

1. Overall Title:
‘This is how we know’
Today’s title:
‘Obedience and Love ‘
1 John 2:3-11; 3:11-18

2. 1. Obedience- the moral test
We have come to know Him if we obey His
commands
2. Love- the Social Test
Old yet new command- love one another
3. Belief- the doctrinal test
Affirm belief in the Father and the Son
That Christ laid down His life for us

6. Love one
another

8. 1. Obedience- the moral test
We have come to know Him if we obey His
commands
2. Love- the Social Test
Old yet new command- love one another
3. Belief- the doctrinal test
Affirm belief in the Father and the Son
That Christ laid down His life for us