7. The seventh result of the New Birth is found in 1 John 3:14, R. V., +"We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death."+ _The seventh result of being born again is that we love the brethren._ We should note carefully what the thought of "love" is as brought out in the context. It is not love as a mere sentiment. It is love in that higher and deeper sense of a desire for and delight in the welfare of others, the sort of love that leads us to make sacrifices for those we love, or as we read further down in this same chapter, verses 16-18, +"Hereby know 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 world's goods, and behold his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth."+ This makes it very evident that what the Holy Spirit here means by love is not a mere affection or fondness for others, not a mere delight in their society; it means that deep and genuine interest in their welfare that leads us to go down into our pockets when they are in need and supply their need; it leads us to sacrifice our own interest for the sake of their interests even to the point of laying down our lives for them. _The objects of this love are "the brethren,"_ i.e., all those who are begotten of God, as we read in 1 John 5:1, +"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him."+ _Any man who is born again will love every other man who is begotten of God._ The other one who is begotten of God may be an American or a German, or an Englishman, or a negro, or a Chinaman, or an Indian. He may be educated or uneducated; but he is a child of God and a brother, and as such if you are born of God, he will be the object of your love. This is a searching test of whether or not one is born of God. 8. The final result of being born of God that we will consider this morning is found in 2 Cor. 5:17, R. V., +"Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature (creation): the old things are passed away, behold, they are become new."+ _The ninth result of being born again_, including all the other results that we have been considering, _is that in the regenerate man, old things are passed away, they are become new. In the place of the old ideas, old affection, old purposes, old choices, are new ideas, new affections, new purposes, new choices._ III. THE NECESSITY OF THE NEW BIRTH