Doing the right thing is a matter of Love, not Law

A New Commandment, new, not as in "recent in time" but "fresh in quality" - Love that comes from believing in Jesus Christ (1 John 3:23)

Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. Beloved, I am not writing you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. Then again, I am also writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining 1 John 2:6-8

What love isn't

• Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)
• Examples of lying prophets (1 Kings 13:18, Jeremiah 14:14, 23:16, 29:8, Matthew 7:15)
• By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God (1 John 4:2)
• Reaction: "test all things. Hold fast to what is good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21

What is love?

• And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. (2 John 1;6)
• Sacrificial one another love (John 13:34, 1 John 3:11)
• Unselfish love that accompanies salvation (Hebrews 6:9), brotherly love (1 John 4:21)
• Everyone who loves this way is born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7)

Where do we get our confidence?

• Keep near to your heart the good news of Jesus (1 John 2:24)
• We are children of God now, yet when Christ appears we will be like Him - seeing Him as He is (1 John 3:2)
• You know in your heart (1 John 3:21)
• We love because God first loved us (1 John 4:11)