Owning a fish tank has serendipitously exposed me, in a miniscule way, to God’s view of His creation. I believe one of God’s greatest wishes for us is “that we should love one another” (1 John 3:11; John 13:34-35). The reason I feel this is because of what happened to me today. My female Guppy started to birth live fry. I was so happy as I watched a newborn swimming in an ecosystem, I was responsible for. Then it happened – as quick as you can imagine, a tropical Zebra fish ate the newborn.

If I felt so bad for a fry being MURDERED, how much more should I not frantically want to allow God to save His creation by working through me?

In 1 John we are given many reasons why our Savior came to earth. Here are all the “so that” statements (ESV):

• 1 John 1:3 so that you too may have fellowship with us

• 1 John 1:4 so that our joy may be complete.

• 1 John 2:1 so that you may not sin.

• 1 John 2:28 so that when he appears we may have confidence …

at his coming.

• 1 John 4:9 so that we might live through him.

• 1 John 4:17 so that we may have confidence for the day of
judgment,

• 1 John 5:20 so that we may know him who is true…

Jesus wants us to know Him and have fellowship with Him so that we might live eternally through Him. Friend, would you consider saving your family and friends by baptizing them, in Jesus Christ’s name, for the forgiveness of their sins so that they may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38)?