Love One Another
Tim Melton
John 13:34-35
''A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.'' John 13:34-35
Love is an overarching theme of the scriptures. When asked, what is the greatest commandment, Jesus responded, ''You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.'' (Matthew 22:37-40)
1 John 4:8 tells us that, ''God is love.'' 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 teaches that, ''Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.'' We are no longer enslaved to the law but we are now compelled to good works by the love we have received through Christ. Love between Christians testifies to the world that we are His.
Christ commands us to love one another. The question is, what is love? In our world today, we use the word ''love'' in many different ways. We love chocolate. We love a movie. We love futbol. We love summer. Some doctors use ''love'' as their supposed motivation for helping with assisted suicides as they end the earthly suffering of those who want to die. Others support abortion because of their ''love'' for the woman who has an unwanted pregnancy and for the unborn child who supposedly will have a ''miserable life.'' Others use the word ''love'' in place of lust to justify immoral behavior that they would like to pursue. For others love is the reason that lies are told, adultery is committed, wars are fought, or children are abused. So, what is love? Why would Jesus leave us with such a vague command?
He did not leave us with such a vague command. The key is the next part of the verse. We are to love one another ''as He has lov ...
Tim Melton
John 13:34-35
''A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.'' John 13:34-35
Love is an overarching theme of the scriptures. When asked, what is the greatest commandment, Jesus responded, ''You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.'' (Matthew 22:37-40)
1 John 4:8 tells us that, ''God is love.'' 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 teaches that, ''Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.'' We are no longer enslaved to the law but we are now compelled to good works by the love we have received through Christ. Love between Christians testifies to the world that we are His.
Christ commands us to love one another. The question is, what is love? In our world today, we use the word ''love'' in many different ways. We love chocolate. We love a movie. We love futbol. We love summer. Some doctors use ''love'' as their supposed motivation for helping with assisted suicides as they end the earthly suffering of those who want to die. Others support abortion because of their ''love'' for the woman who has an unwanted pregnancy and for the unborn child who supposedly will have a ''miserable life.'' Others use the word ''love'' in place of lust to justify immoral behavior that they would like to pursue. For others love is the reason that lies are told, adultery is committed, wars are fought, or children are abused. So, what is love? Why would Jesus leave us with such a vague command?
He did not leave us with such a vague command. The key is the next part of the verse. We are to love one another ''as He has lov ...
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