John 15:9-15
By now you should know that I am a huge Michigan State fan, such a fan that you will never see me cheering for the school down the road. To some that may seem crazy but let’s be honest, the rivalry goes both ways in a lot of fans minds. However, I still love Michigan fans, I believe that we can come together and support the cheering of Ohio State losing at any given time. I say all this to make this point; there are far more important things greater than the teams we cheer for. So often we can get caught up with the meaningless things in life that it causes our sinful flesh to not want to be a part of things together. When we allow that to happen, we miss out on truly loving each other.
The Bible tells us in John 15 verse 12: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Jesus has called us to model our love for others based on the way he loves us! This means we do not hold differences against each other. We must be able to put them aside and LOVE!!! As we continue reading in John 15, Jesus tells us in verse 15: “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
We have the blessing of having a Savior who shares these commands with us, he calls us to love each other and not ourselves. Once again, we get so caught up in loving ourselves rather than sharing the love that Christ shows us! Think about this for a moment, if Jesus loved you the way you love others, would you follow him? We are called to love because he first loved us! We are loveless without Christ, and as believers we have the power to love as Christ does. Now, I know it may be hard at times, and you have heard it preached many times at Emmanuel. Being a Christian does not make your life easier. We are still sinners, the difference is we put our hope and trust in Jesus Christ, and we surrender our lives to him. Let us take time this week and beyond and really focus on this simple question. Am I loving others the way Christ loves me?
John 15:12: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”.
The Bible tells us in John 15 verse 12: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Jesus has called us to model our love for others based on the way he loves us! This means we do not hold differences against each other. We must be able to put them aside and LOVE!!! As we continue reading in John 15, Jesus tells us in verse 15: “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
We have the blessing of having a Savior who shares these commands with us, he calls us to love each other and not ourselves. Once again, we get so caught up in loving ourselves rather than sharing the love that Christ shows us! Think about this for a moment, if Jesus loved you the way you love others, would you follow him? We are called to love because he first loved us! We are loveless without Christ, and as believers we have the power to love as Christ does. Now, I know it may be hard at times, and you have heard it preached many times at Emmanuel. Being a Christian does not make your life easier. We are still sinners, the difference is we put our hope and trust in Jesus Christ, and we surrender our lives to him. Let us take time this week and beyond and really focus on this simple question. Am I loving others the way Christ loves me?
John 15:12: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”.
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