Revelation 11

Revelation 11:1

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. If we are of God, and God so loves us, we must love one another.

Revelation 11:2

No man hath seen God at any time. He is invisible to mortal eyes, yet we may have a sense of his presence in us. If we love each other he dwells in us. His love is perfected in us. It is made complete by our loving each other. It is incomplete unless his love for us is supplemented by brotherly love. This love in us is the proof that God is in us.

Revelation 11:3

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us. We know that God dwells in us by the Spirit given us. because he hath given us of his Spirit. But we know we have the Spirit by its fruits. The first and greatest of these is love. See Galatians 5:22.

Revelation 11:4

We have seen and do testify. See John 15:27. This is John’s personal testimony as an apostle.

Revelation 11:5

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God. Confession of Jesus Christ in word and life is declared proof of the indwelling Spirit in 1 John 4:2. God dwelleth in him, and he in God. Here it is proof of God dwelling in us, which means the same thing.

Revelation 11:6

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. “We know and have believed” (Revised Version). The love of God is a matter of knowledge and was a matter of faith. Love binds us to God.

Revelation 11:7

Herein is our love made perfect. When love is perfected in us we will have no fear of the judgment day. Those who love God supremely will not be terrified at his presence. Because as he is, so are we. The great ground of boldness is that we are as Christ; purified like him, made sinless like him, filled with love like him and appear at judgment in his likeness. In this world. This transformation begins when we are converted, hence, “in this world”.

Revelation 11:8

There is no fear in love. There may be reverential fear, but there is no terror. Fear of God gives way to love. Fear hath torment. Because it fills us with forebodings.

Revelation 11:9

We love him, because he first loved us. His wonderful love in Christ fills every redeemed soul with love.

Revelation 11:10

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. Yet no one can claim to love God who hates his brother. We cannot love the unseen God when we hate the brother who is in God’s image.

Revelation 11:11

This commandment have we from him. It is God’s will that he who loves the Father should love the children also.

Revelation 11:13

Conclusion SUMMARY OF I JOHN 5: How We Show That We Love God. Overcoming the World. The Three Witnesses. The Witness in Ourselves. Prayer. Praying for a Brother Who Sins Not Unto Death. Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. This belief, accepted in the heart, confessed with the mouth, and perfected by the obedience of faith makes one a child of God (Romans 1:5; James 2:22).

Revelation 11:14

By this we know that we love the children of God. But all born of God must love God’s children. The proof that we have this love is that we love God, and keep his commandments. We so love God as to obey his commandments, one of which is to love our neighbor as ourselves (Leviticus 19:18 Matthew 19:19 22:39 Mr 12:31 Romans 13:9 Galatians 5:14 James 2:8).

Revelation 11:15

This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. Its outward manifestation is in obedience. See John 14:23. We may test our love thus.

Revelation 11:16

For whatsoever is born of God. All who are born again, and have the new life, overcometh the world, in the sense that they do not love it and obey its dictates. The victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith. The source of victorious power. As faith gains in strength the world loses its power.

Revelation 11:17

Who is he that overcometh the world? Only the men of faith; those who believe upon Jesus Christ.

Revelation 11:18

This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ. The subject of faith in Christ calls out a statement concerning some of the constantly testifying witnesses of Christ. The water and the blood refer primarily to the baptism that revealed him at the beginning of his earthly ministry and the blood which he shed at its close. John came baptizing in order that Christ should be made manifest (John 1:31). It was while in the waters of the Jordan that Christ was manifested and anointed. On the cross flowed the water and the blood (John 19:34). Two rites, both monumental institutions, hence both of them witnesses, testify of him. We are baptized into his death (Romans 6:1-3); the Lord’s Supper points to his shed blood. Not by water only, but by water and blood. The revelation of Christ in water at the baptism does not stand alone; Calvary came also with its shedding of blood. It is the Spirit that beareth testimony. Witness is usually borne in words. The Spirit which descended on the apostles on Pentecost bore witness with mighty power that the crucified Jesus was Lord and Christ (Acts 2:4 4:31 5:32).

Revelation 11:19

There are three that bear record in heaven, etc. This verse is not found in the Revised Version or in any ancient MS. It is no doubt an interpolation.