Before we get into this teaching let’s understand this

Apostle John likely wrote 1 John 4:20 between A.D. 85 and 95, likely in Ephesus. This timeframe places it towards the end of his life, after the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 we are in 2025 and people still have hate in their spiritual hearts, their mind from the pulpit to the pews it’s time for change.

Subject: we cannot harbor hate for each other that is Satan‘s will when our souls leave our body our soul’s is our life it’s over no more chances when that day come all of our lives are numbered. We just don’t know the number that I was soul’s will be required of us.

Thought.

We will not be segregated in the new Jerusalem.

Wisdom speaks.

Living ready we won’t have to get ready.

Story time.

Ethnic idolatry is Satan‘s counterfeit commandment some people is faithful to it our souls is our life they don’t don’t have a skin color anybody dealing with hate in their spiritual heart their mind need to biblically repent today the biblical repentance door is closing slowly Yahweh is giving people the opportunity to biblically repent.

James 4:14

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

Conclusion.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Immediate context: The verse directly follows a discussion in which John establishes that God is love and that the love of God is made perfect in believers who love one another. He argues that love for God is a lived experience that must be expressed in relationships with other people, especially fellow Christ-ians.

Purpose of the letter: The verse is part of John's ongoing effort to provide a test for true faith. He has already exposed false claims about sin and Jesus, and now he addresses those who claim to love God while harboring hate for others. This is seen as a form of hypocrisy, as their "talk" of love is not matched by their "walk".

Practical application: John uses a simple, logical argument rooted in human experience: if you cannot love the person you see before you, you have no credible basis to claim you love the God you have never seen. This makes love for one another a fundamental and necessary "litmus test" for one's relationship with God.