How to Start a Demonstration

What comes to your mind with the word “demonstration”? In today’s culture, it often brings to mind people holding signs and shouting their views through megaphones. But the first definition of demonstration is “outward actions that give proof of some truth”. The Apostle John’s first letter repeatedly points out the importance of living out the truth of God’s love for us by loving other believers. This “demonstration” is so vital that the gospel is literally illustrated to the world by our love for one another. John will use this passage to declare the source and motivation for demonstrating this kind of love.