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What Did Jesus Christ, Meant When He Said, To Love Each Other?

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Teach us awesome Holy Spirit in Jesus' Name...In John 13:34 Jesus taught, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” Then He added, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another” ( Verse 35 ). How do we do this? What does it mean to love one another God's sons and daughters?

The “one another” in these verses is a reference to fellow Jesus Believers. A distinguishing mark of being a follower of Christ is a deep, sincere love for our brothers and sisters in Christ. The Apostle John reminds us of this fact elsewhere: “He has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister” ( 1 John 4:21 ).

In giving this command, Jesus Christ did something the world had never seen before, He created a Church family body identified by one thing: love. There are many religious groups in the world, and they identify themselves in any number of ways: by skin color, by uniform, by shared interest, my alma mater, etc. One worldly group has tattoos and piercings; another group abstains from meat; yet another group wears nothing but dresses, no makeup, and pended-up hair, the ways people categorize themselves are endless. But the Biblical Church is unique. For the first and only time in history, Jesus created and built a group of His Believers and Followers whose identifying factor is love. Skin color doesn’t matter. Native language doesn’t matter. There are no rules about diet or uniforms or wearing funny clothing. Followers of Christ are identified by their love for each other.

The early Acts Church demonstrated the type of love Jesus was talking about. There were people in Jerusalem from all over the known world ( Acts 2:9–11 ). Those who were saved got together and immediately began meeting each other’s needs: “All the Godly Believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need” ( Acts 2:44–45 ). This was love in action, and you can be sure it made an impression on the people of that city.

Jesus’ statements in John 13:34–35 raise a couple of other questions that may be good to answer. First, how does Jesus love? He loves unconditionally ( Romans 5:8 ), sacrificially ( 2 Corinthians 5:21 ), with forgiveness ( Ephesians 4:32 ), and eternally ( Romans 8:38–39 ). At the same time, Jesus’ love is Holy characterized by transcendent moral purity, because He is Holy ( Hebrews 7:26 ). The culmination of Christ’s amazing love for us in His death on the cross, burial, and bodily resurrection ( 1 John 4:9–10 ). Believers are to love each other like that. God gave and shared His Son with the entire world, and Jesus laid down and gave His life for us, and He wants His Churches Leaders to do likewise, Be givers and Not only takers or receivers, but He also taught them this, it is more blessed to give than to just receive.

Second, how then can the Ministers and Members in Christ love as Christ loved? The Believers in Christ have the Holy Spirit living within them ( 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 ). By obeying the Holy Spirit, through the Word of God, the Jesus Christ Believer can love as Christ does. He shows that unconditional, sacrificial, forgiving love to fellow believers, but it doesn’t stop there. He also shows the love of Christ to friends, to family members, to coworkers, etc. ( Ephesians 5:18–6:4;) ( Galatians 5:16, 22–23 ). Even enemies are the recipients of Christ’s love ( Read Matthew 5:43–48 ).

Christ’s love displayed through the Christ Believer is unlike the “love” generated by the flesh, which can be selfish, egotistical, unforgiving, and insincere. First Corinthians 13:4–8 gives a wonderful description of what Christ’s love will be like in and through the Jesus Believer who walks in the Spirit.

People don’t naturally love with a 1 Corinthians 13-type love. To love like that, there must be a change of heart. A person must realize that he is a sinner before God and understand that Christ died on the cross and rose again to provide him forgiveness; then he must make the decision to accept Christ as his personal Savior. At that point he is forgiven by Christ and receives God’s gift of eternal life, in fact, he becomes a participant in the divine nature ( 2 Peter 1:4 ). In Christ, he knows that he is genuinely loved by God. The new life the Believer receives includes a new capacity to love like Christ loves, for the Believer now has to live within them the unconditional, sacrificial, forgiving, eternal, and holy love of God ( Romans 5:5 ).

To love one another is to love fellow spiritual Kingdom Believers as Christ loves us. Those who love like Christ in the Holy Spirit’s power will give evidence that they are disciples, or the Father's sons and daughters, of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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