Love, The New Standard

Good Morning!! Only hours before His death, Jesus gives His disciples a new command,...Love. Yes, the Christ is just about to usher in the "New Covenant",...a fulfillment of all the law and the prophets,...and yet a 180-degree shift in the direction of human spirituality. Man-made religion and legalism would soon be nullified by the sacrificial death of Jesus "because God so loved the world…" Love is about to become the new standard. But this new command, is it just a new thing we must do? A new burden to carry? Not if you look at the context, and Jesus’ prayer that follows:

I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."—John 17:26 (NIV)

At the very end of the discourse, Jesus says that it will be His love in us that will distinguish us as His disciples! He is in you, it is His love that will fulfill this new command to love others.

"A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples." (John 13:34-35)

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God of Love, Your Son showed us Your love, on the cross. By the Spirit, stir up a genuine love for You, and others,...that You created within us. We do love You! Your love is real and You have placed it in us, so let it flow, in the name of Jesus! We can't do it on our own, so we ask that You wake it up, in our hearts and minds today. Amen

" If you can't see or show love, you are not a Christian,...you're just playing one."