1 John 4:17

In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.

(v17, NIV)

God is love. When we live in love, we live in God and God in us. We have fellowship with God through the completion of love. This completion of love has been described as a triangle. At the top is God and at the bottom two corners are you and your neighbor. God is the originator of love and he shows us what love is and loves us. Then, we follow his example and we live in love by loving our neighbor. The completion of this comes back to God and completes the triangle.

When we complete this triangle and love is made complete among us, we have fellowship with God. God will certainly not destroy those who have fellowship with him on the Day of Judgment. We abide in him and God abides in us. God is true to his promises and he is a just God. For those who have fellowship with God, our sins have already been paid for by Jesus Christ who bore them.

We are like him in this world. God loves and is the originator of love. We love others, reflecting God love to them. By doing this, we are like God in this world. We do not need to fear the judgment. We have confidence in the Lord that he will be true to his promises and save those who are his. As his beloved children we need not fear. However, we must not be deceived into thinking that we are his when we are not. It is very easy to be deceived into thinking you are saved when you in fact are not. Be careful and do not be deceived.