"Love One Another, Brothers and Sisters"(1 John 3:1)

 1 John 3:1 ESV

There are two reasons that churches take their members to outings. One is to bask in God's love and the other is to have fellowship. We need fellowship since we area family. If God is our father, then we are brothers and sisters with other Christians. We must love our church members. This is a command.

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:1 ESV

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:11 ESV

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1 John 4:21 ESV

Sometimes we need to intervene and help our brothers and sisters. It is not enough just to say that we love them. We need to correct them, and encourage them. They also need to correct us and to encourage us. We also need to do this with love and do this with mutual love.

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Galatians 6:1 ESV

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

James 5:16 ESV

Some people think that the church is for righteous people but really it is for sinners. The church is for people to encourage other sinners to do good and to ve better. To live as Children of God is not always easy and we need to help each other.

Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.

Galatians 6:6 ESV

Although we may not be certified teachers, we can still instruct others in God's good word. Just like a family, we will not lose our place as brothers and sisters, but we should be estranged. Let us please our Father God through our obedience to love one another.