HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE LIFE ETERNAL?

"...We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren, He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. -- But whoso hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dweleth the love of God in him? -- My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and truth." -- "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, bacause that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him....Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another....God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." -- But although John dwells so particularly on love, he does not clasp hands with sin. Hear his words regarding the apostate from the faith, he who has had a knowledge of the truth but has departed from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. -- If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds." -- Let all consider this. -- John writes further, "He that saith, I know him, and keepth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected....He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk, even as he wallked." -- THE LORD HAS PLAIN WORDS FOR THOSE WHO, LIKE THE PHARISEES, MAKE GREAT BOAST OF THEIR PIETY BUT WHOSE HEARTS ARE DESTITUTE OF THE LOVE OF GOD. The Pharisees refused to know God and Jesus Christ whom He had sent. -- ARE WE NOT IN DANGER OF DOING THE SAME THING AS DID THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES? -- But while reproof is to be given, it must be given in accordance with Christ's direction. The apostle Paul writes, "Bretheren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, RESTORE such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering THYSELF, LEST THOU ALSO BE TEMPTED." -- This is the work given not only to ministers but to every individual member of the church. It is to be carried out in the family and in the church. -- LOVE AND UNITY STRENGHTEN BY EXERCISE. Do not become impatient with your brother's faults and weaknesses. ON ANOTHER POINT YOU MAY WELL BE DISGUSTED WITH YOUR OWN WEAKNESS. -- We are related to one another in the mysterious web of humanity. We are but threads which help to compose the great whole. [TO BE CONTINUED]. Discourse by E.G. White, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 21, 1888. [Thirteen Crisis Years, pg. 285