This is the manuscript for the thirteenth in a series of messages from John’s first epistle “The Counsel of a Spiritual Father to His Children.”
1 John 5:3-4 NIV In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
In the section of John’s epistle that we will be studying today, John has some probing things to say about faith in the life of a believer. He gives us the preamble of faith—the foundation, the basic premise, the “launching pad” of a faith that identifies one unmistakably as a member of the family of God. Then, John talks about the practice of faith which, speaks of our relationship with God. Finally, he gives the principle of faith.
So today we are going to look at the preamble, the practice, and the principal of faith.
For an audio recording of the sermon click the YouTube link at the end of this manuscript.
You can see the entire service from OCTOBER 18, 2020 on the Christ Church YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/Th2Ilk8cZvo
1 John 5:3-4 NIV In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
In the section of John’s epistle that we will be studying today, John has some probing things to say about faith in the life of a believer. He gives us the preamble of faith—the foundation, the basic premise, the “launching pad” of a faith that identifies one unmistakably as a member of the family of God. Then, John talks about the practice of faith which, speaks of our relationship with God. Finally, he gives the principle of faith.
So today we are going to look at the preamble, the practice, and the principal of faith.
For an audio recording of the sermon click the YouTube link at the end of this manuscript.
You can see the entire service from OCTOBER 18, 2020 on the Christ Church YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/Th2Ilk8cZvo
Scripture Reading:
1 John 5:1-12 NIV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Text:
1 John 5:1 NIV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
Introduction
In the section of John’s epistle that we will be studying today, John has some probing things to say about faith in the life of a believer. He gives us the preamble of faith—the foundation, the basic premise, the “launching pad” of a faith that identifies one unmistakably as a member of the family of God. Then, John talks about the practice of faith which, speaks of our relationship with God. Finally, he gives the principle of faith.
So today we are going to look at the preamble, the practice, and the principal of faith.
1 First, let’s examine John’s preamble of faith (1 John 5:1).
1 John 5:1 NIV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
A. John has stated a basic truth: Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.”
In other words, he was saying that those who have truly experienced the new birth are those who not only have given intellectual assent to the incarnation, Christ coming in the flesh as a man, but who also have received this truth in their hearts. They know, without a doubt that Jesus came in the flesh and lived a sinlessly perfect life on earth.
Remember I said a couple of weeks ago that we don't know about the love of God simply because we have read what the Bible has to say about it, but as believers in Jesus Christ, we have experienced the love of God.
The identifying quality of God’s love, which every believer has experienced, is that Jesus willingly. “laid down his life for us.”
John 10:17-18 NIV The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 NIV So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
B. Now John’s underlying theme is in the last phrase of 1 John 5:1.
The NIV translates it, “Everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.”
Here is an equation, in fact the greatest equation in the Bible. Loving God equals loving his children!
John is talking about spiritual family love—not love for the lost person, which is a redemptive, compassionate love, but he is talking about a love for the church, love for our fellow believers. John was presenting a complete cycle: When I love God, I love his children.
We have been talking about this love since we have been in the book of 1 John. A few weeks ago I said that this love, that we as children of God should have, is a spontaneous, sacrificial sharing and satisfying love.
Spontaneous love is explosive, filled with joy and overflowing. Love that is not done out of duty but that flows naturally. It's a supernatural reflex, we don't have to think about it.
1 John 3:14 NIV We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
It is sacrificial meaning that just as Jesus laid down His life for us, John said, “We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. It may not mean physically dying, for someone but it does mean perhaps giving up status or position or comfort for a brother or sister.
By so doing we imitate the love of Christ in our lives. We literally allow Christ to love through us.
1 John 3:16 NIV This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
A sharing love is the kind of love accompanied by deeds!
1 John 3:17 NIV If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
James 2:14-17 NIV What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
A satisfying love is the kind of love we have that gives us confidence before God because of the Holy Spirit.
1 John 3:21-24 NIV Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
Because of this we can have “confidence before God”. We have courage, freedom in speaking, and boldness to stand before God in prayer.
1 John 5:1-12 NIV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Text:
1 John 5:1 NIV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
Introduction
In the section of John’s epistle that we will be studying today, John has some probing things to say about faith in the life of a believer. He gives us the preamble of faith—the foundation, the basic premise, the “launching pad” of a faith that identifies one unmistakably as a member of the family of God. Then, John talks about the practice of faith which, speaks of our relationship with God. Finally, he gives the principle of faith.
So today we are going to look at the preamble, the practice, and the principal of faith.
1 First, let’s examine John’s preamble of faith (1 John 5:1).
1 John 5:1 NIV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
A. John has stated a basic truth: Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.”
In other words, he was saying that those who have truly experienced the new birth are those who not only have given intellectual assent to the incarnation, Christ coming in the flesh as a man, but who also have received this truth in their hearts. They know, without a doubt that Jesus came in the flesh and lived a sinlessly perfect life on earth.
Remember I said a couple of weeks ago that we don't know about the love of God simply because we have read what the Bible has to say about it, but as believers in Jesus Christ, we have experienced the love of God.
The identifying quality of God’s love, which every believer has experienced, is that Jesus willingly. “laid down his life for us.”
John 10:17-18 NIV The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 NIV So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
B. Now John’s underlying theme is in the last phrase of 1 John 5:1.
The NIV translates it, “Everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.”
Here is an equation, in fact the greatest equation in the Bible. Loving God equals loving his children!
John is talking about spiritual family love—not love for the lost person, which is a redemptive, compassionate love, but he is talking about a love for the church, love for our fellow believers. John was presenting a complete cycle: When I love God, I love his children.
We have been talking about this love since we have been in the book of 1 John. A few weeks ago I said that this love, that we as children of God should have, is a spontaneous, sacrificial sharing and satisfying love.
Spontaneous love is explosive, filled with joy and overflowing. Love that is not done out of duty but that flows naturally. It's a supernatural reflex, we don't have to think about it.
1 John 3:14 NIV We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
It is sacrificial meaning that just as Jesus laid down His life for us, John said, “We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. It may not mean physically dying, for someone but it does mean perhaps giving up status or position or comfort for a brother or sister.
By so doing we imitate the love of Christ in our lives. We literally allow Christ to love through us.
1 John 3:16 NIV This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
A sharing love is the kind of love accompanied by deeds!
1 John 3:17 NIV If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
James 2:14-17 NIV What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
A satisfying love is the kind of love we have that gives us confidence before God because of the Holy Spirit.
1 John 3:21-24 NIV Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
Because of this we can have “confidence before God”. We have courage, freedom in speaking, and boldness to stand before God in prayer.
2. In verses 2–5, of 1 John 5, John became very practical in talking about faith, the practice of faith.
1 John 5:2-5 NIV This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
A. This brings us to a second equation, the first one was that Loving God equals loving his children: the second equation is Loving God equals keeping his commandments.
Here’s what John did. He had taken the first equation—“Loving God equals loving his children”—and changed it from an attitude into an action. In other words, I can say to you that I love God and consequently his children, and I can fool you, but I cannot fool God. But if I “keep his commandments” and do those things he has told me to do in his Word, you can see that, and know that I am sincere. That is faith in practice and not just in word.
Notice how many times that Jesus equates love for Him with keeping His commands in
John 14:15, 21, 23-24 NIV “If you love me, keep my commands. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
Now I want you to look at;
2 John 1:5-6 NIV And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
B. He said that loving God equals obeying His commands but he also said that keeping God’s commandments is not a burdensome experience.
1 John 5:3 NIV In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
God’s commands are not burdensome. For most people, rules and regulations are unpleasant. We don’t like them; we resent them. But John said there is a difference with the commandments of Jesus. Because his commandments are given in love, they are a delight and not a burden!
Matthew 11:29-30 NIV Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
3 So far we have looked at the preamble of faith, Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.”, the practice of faith is keeping God's commandments now in verses 6–12 John set forth the principle of faith.
1 John 5:6-12 NIV This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
A. The principle of faith in God is based on two facts about Jesus that John referred to by the use of the words “water” and “blood.”
Let’s go back to
1 John 5:6 NIV This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
“Water” refers to Christ’s baptism by John the Baptist at the beginning of his public ministry. By this act, it was declared to the world that Jesus was the Messiah.
Matthew 3:13-17 NIV Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
From that moment on, the steps of Jesus were always toward the cross. So then, if the “water” represents the beginning of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the “blood” stands for the culmination of it all on the cross.
Ephesians 1:7-10 NIV In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
1 Peter 1:18-19 NIV For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
So the principle of Christian faith has been dependent from the beginning on Jesus and on his atonement for sin through his blood shed on the cross.
Hebrews 9:11-14 NIV But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
B. The thing that we as Christians can shout with confidence comes in verse 12:
1 John 5:12 NIV Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
When we start to exercise and practice the faith God gave us when we were born again, we begin to feel a power and a peace. We can say, “This is really the life!” Why can we say that? Because we have the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, living within us.
We learned last week that the Spirit that is in us is the most powerful in all creation:
1 John 4:1-4 NIV Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Conclusion
Many Christians do not “practice” their faith. It lies dormant within them. As a result, they have no joy. They cannot say, “This is the life!” in regard to their Christianity. They have no spontaneity in their love for their fellow Christians. Often they become miserable and defensive in their Christian lives—sometimes even afflicted with self-pity. The practice of our faith is the overcoming power in life.
1 John 5:3-4 NIV In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
1 John 5:2-5 NIV This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
A. This brings us to a second equation, the first one was that Loving God equals loving his children: the second equation is Loving God equals keeping his commandments.
Here’s what John did. He had taken the first equation—“Loving God equals loving his children”—and changed it from an attitude into an action. In other words, I can say to you that I love God and consequently his children, and I can fool you, but I cannot fool God. But if I “keep his commandments” and do those things he has told me to do in his Word, you can see that, and know that I am sincere. That is faith in practice and not just in word.
Notice how many times that Jesus equates love for Him with keeping His commands in
John 14:15, 21, 23-24 NIV “If you love me, keep my commands. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
Now I want you to look at;
2 John 1:5-6 NIV And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
B. He said that loving God equals obeying His commands but he also said that keeping God’s commandments is not a burdensome experience.
1 John 5:3 NIV In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
God’s commands are not burdensome. For most people, rules and regulations are unpleasant. We don’t like them; we resent them. But John said there is a difference with the commandments of Jesus. Because his commandments are given in love, they are a delight and not a burden!
Matthew 11:29-30 NIV Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
3 So far we have looked at the preamble of faith, Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.”, the practice of faith is keeping God's commandments now in verses 6–12 John set forth the principle of faith.
1 John 5:6-12 NIV This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
A. The principle of faith in God is based on two facts about Jesus that John referred to by the use of the words “water” and “blood.”
Let’s go back to
1 John 5:6 NIV This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
“Water” refers to Christ’s baptism by John the Baptist at the beginning of his public ministry. By this act, it was declared to the world that Jesus was the Messiah.
Matthew 3:13-17 NIV Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
From that moment on, the steps of Jesus were always toward the cross. So then, if the “water” represents the beginning of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the “blood” stands for the culmination of it all on the cross.
Ephesians 1:7-10 NIV In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
1 Peter 1:18-19 NIV For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
So the principle of Christian faith has been dependent from the beginning on Jesus and on his atonement for sin through his blood shed on the cross.
Hebrews 9:11-14 NIV But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
B. The thing that we as Christians can shout with confidence comes in verse 12:
1 John 5:12 NIV Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
When we start to exercise and practice the faith God gave us when we were born again, we begin to feel a power and a peace. We can say, “This is really the life!” Why can we say that? Because we have the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, living within us.
We learned last week that the Spirit that is in us is the most powerful in all creation:
1 John 4:1-4 NIV Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Conclusion
Many Christians do not “practice” their faith. It lies dormant within them. As a result, they have no joy. They cannot say, “This is the life!” in regard to their Christianity. They have no spontaneity in their love for their fellow Christians. Often they become miserable and defensive in their Christian lives—sometimes even afflicted with self-pity. The practice of our faith is the overcoming power in life.
1 John 5:3-4 NIV In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
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