The Command.
So yesterday we talked about needing to be Disciples of Christ for that is truly what will set us free. We also learned that in order to do that we need to be doing what Jesus taught us to do. Well that sounds good when we say it like that, but what does it look like in real life?
The thing I like most about Jesus (besides being salvation from our sinfulness) is that he knows us. Not like our friends or our family know us, because we can still hide things from them, but he really really knows us and we can’t pretend to know the answer, to avoid looking dumb. But along with knowing us he doesn’t draw attention to us when we don’t get things, he just answers. So when we are seceretly thinking “What does he mean by ‘obey his commands’?” he comes out and puts it in plain words.
In John 13:34-35 Jesus says, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love on another. By this, all will know you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
He lays it right out there, people will know we are followers of Jesus by how we love one another, just like Jesus loved us. He also says in John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.”
Jesus loved us so much he put his own agenda to the side to serve us, all the way until death. We are disciples when we serve others in the love of Jesus.
What are some ways that we can put aside our own ideas to serve others and be disciples of Jesus?
The thing I like most about Jesus (besides being salvation from our sinfulness) is that he knows us. Not like our friends or our family know us, because we can still hide things from them, but he really really knows us and we can’t pretend to know the answer, to avoid looking dumb. But along with knowing us he doesn’t draw attention to us when we don’t get things, he just answers. So when we are seceretly thinking “What does he mean by ‘obey his commands’?” he comes out and puts it in plain words.
In John 13:34-35 Jesus says, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love on another. By this, all will know you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
He lays it right out there, people will know we are followers of Jesus by how we love one another, just like Jesus loved us. He also says in John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.”
Jesus loved us so much he put his own agenda to the side to serve us, all the way until death. We are disciples when we serve others in the love of Jesus.
What are some ways that we can put aside our own ideas to serve others and be disciples of Jesus?
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