SCRIPTURE: 2John (NIV) verses 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
OBSERVATION: John is not giving them something new. He is just repeating what he had heard Jesus say. Jesus’ command is that we “walk in love.” So, when we “walk in love” we are walking in obedience to Jesus.
In the Old Testament the command was to love others as we love ourselves, but Jesus tells us to love one another as He loves us!
In his gospel, John quoted Jesus, John 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.”
APPLICATION: A common characteristic of Christians should be that they love each other. Our love for each other should be visible; others will recognize us as a Christ-follower by the way we love.
PRAYER: Lord, you lift us to a new height of love. You set yourself as our example of how to love one another. Lord, you know that this is difficult for us to do, so we really need You to live in us and love your way through us. Lord, we are thankful that living in us was your plan all along! Just be yourself living in us, we pray. Amen
Pastor Leon
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