Love One Another

Jeremiah 7-9; John 13

“’A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men [everyone] will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.’”

John 13:34, 35

The Ten Commandments focused on not sinning against God and others. Jesus’ new commandment to sacrificially love one another fulfilled all the previous commandments and used God’s love for us in Christ as the standard for ethics. It’s not enough to not sin, we are called to love one another deeply. This is the clearest witness that we are Christ’s followers. When our witness is limited to apologetics unsupported by a practical loving witness, we won’t see the fruit we hoped for. Mission, as Jesus defines it, is to love others in the same way Jesus loved which authenticated the gospel. The congruence of our words and actions strengthens and deepens our witness to the transforming power of the gospel in our lives.

Will we ask the Lord to daily fill us with his love, for his glory?

“Lord Jesus, you are my source of love and my example of loving to the end, for your glory.”