Ep 1273 | The Only 2 Ways to Show That You Really Love God

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As cultural division deepens and politics dominate everyday life, Jase, Al, and Zach turn to First John to ask a harder question: if we claim to love God, do we love people who disagree with us? John writes, “This is how we know,” pointing back to two simple commands — believe in Jesus and love one another. In a polarized world fueled by outrage, love is the real test of faith. Plus, Jase has an unexpectedly emotional encounter in an airport terminal that leaves tears flowing and a life changed. In this episode: 1 John 1, verses 6–9; 1 John 2, verses 1–6; 1 John 2, verses 28–29; 1 John 3, verses 1–3; 1 John 3, verses 10–24; 1 John 4, verses 2–13; 1 John 5, verses 2–3; 1 John 5, verse 20; Romans 4, verses 18–21; Matthew 18, verses 1–4 Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://open.spotify.com/show/3LY8eJ4ZBZHmsImGoDNK2l Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters: 00:00 Airport Altar Call with No Sermon 06:05 When “If” Becomes “When” 12:40 Mercy & Defense From Jesus 17:55 “This Is How We Know” — John’s Refrain 24:30 The Two Commands: Believe & Love 31:20 Loving Your Brother in a Divided Culture 37:50 When You Want to Want God 43:30 Love in Action Through Suffering 49:40 Knowing Him as Father, Son & Spirit — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
0:06.2	So welcome back to Unashamed. It's been a day for y'all, but it's been four minutes for us.
0:12.4	It's been four minutes. And the last podcast, I wanted to make an announcement about First John because we're like halfway through the book.
0:21.4	Yeah.
0:22.2	Well, I just realized the introduction, like two months into this.
0:28.6	What we should have done from the beginning, I just learned.
0:35.3	And I think it's the way this book is designed has caused that.
0:40.2	Yeah, it's a John, we've tried to frame it several ways as we've been studying it
0:45.5	because the way in my mind it works for me is it's a circular, you know, we talk about
0:52.1	Paul's writings being linear like they start, he makes his point.
0:55.5	You kind of did an overview.
0:56.8	Y'all did a couple of podcasts ago, the whole book of Romans.
0:59.7	You start one place, and Paul just goes a straight line to get to the end of what he's trying to say.
1:04.6	But John is this particular, and I think it's because he's older, is my opinion, when he's writing this.
1:11.4	And so when you're older, you tend to try to make the same point several times.
1:15.4	I got that from dear old dad, you know, watching him make a point.
1:18.4	Well, and I brought up the fact that I noticed these three L qualities, which I shared this
1:25.6	with someone in an airport terminal, because they asked me,
1:29.8	they said, what do you think God is like?
1:33.3	Which, well, you're talking about low-hanging fruit question.
1:37.0	I said, well, he became a man to answer that question, his name, was Jesus.
1:45.5	Maybe I should back up and tell you this story,
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