1 John 3:11-18 • Love Stopped Being a Word and Bled

Pilgrim: a Podcast from Pastor Fortunato · Jun 25, 2026 · 50m

1 John 3:11–18 • Love isn't one evidence of salvation. According to John, it's the only evidence. Not vocabulary. Not attendance. Not baptism. What you do with the person next to you.

⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • April 30, 2026.

You can walk into almost any church in America and hear the right words. Saved. Covered by the blood. A testimony of what God did. John isn't impressed by the vocabulary test. In chapter 3, he picks up something harder. He doesn't want to hear what you say. He wants to see what you do with the person sitting next to you.

The central claim of…