SCRIPTURE: John (NIV) 13: 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
OBSERVATION: In answer to the question as to which commandment was the greatest, Jesus summarized the first four, saying it was to love God with all our hearts, soul, mind and strength. Then he continued by giving a second command which summarized the last six which deal with how we treat one another. He said we are to love one another as we love ourselves.
But in this verse, as He is making final preparations for the cross, Jesus gives a new commandment. This one did not come through Moses. Moses could never have given this commandment. Moses did not love the people the way Jesus loved the people. Moses could not do for the people what Jesus did for the people!
The greatest commandment is to love God; the second is to love one another as we love ourselves. But the new commandment Jesus gave is to love one another as Jesus loves us!
APPLICATION: I cannot even begin to understand the depths of Jesus love for me. Obviously, Jesus is giving me something to do that I cannot do in my own strength. If Jesus does not come and love through me, I will certainly fail. And that is what Jesus does! In love He comes to live in me and then He loves through me. It is wonderfully amazing!
PRAYER: Lord, you have given me something to do that I cannot do in my own strength, but you can do through me. Love through me. Let your love flow into me and through me to others. Amen.
This SOAP is God speaking through Leon in 2010 to Leon in 2024.
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