John 13:31-35
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
A new commandment he gave to them
and thus he gives to us today.
He didn’t throw away the “law”
just steered it in a different way.
We’re not disciples by a pedigree
or all the things that we achieve
but rather with the love we show
and help other people to believe.
He calls us not to a simple love
but to love as he has loved us.
It is a love we demonstrate
and not love we just discuss.
A commandment not to dominate
but one which will set us free.
It’s not a form of coercion
or placed in a legal decree.
You can’t make others believe you
are following by the words you say
but you can bring them along with you
by letting love guide you on your way.
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