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Reading: John 13:31-38 \\ /“A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”/
John 13:34-35 (NIV)
!! I. What’s New?
A. Our love has a new Benchmark
1. What kind of love are we looking for?
a.
An accidental “fall” into irresponsibility?
b.
Something temporary or permanent?
c.
Is our goal to get love, or to love others?
2.
The new is the same as the old but more so
a.
Old: Love your neighbor /as yourself/
b.
New: Love each other /as I loved you./
c.
Marriage: love as Jesus loves him~/her!
3.
The benchmark is Jesus’ love for us
a.
Not self-love, or “tit for tat” love
b.
Not even mother~/father love
c.
Jesus’ love is the new standard!
B.
It’s object is a new Community
1.
Not just our (worldly?)
neighbors
a.
Not just about loving fellow humans
b.
Even more than family love!
2.
Our spiritual bro’s & sis’s
a.
We are tied by a common bond of love
b.
We are tied together forever
c.
The command is based on our identity
d.
Our differences are insignificant
C.
It springs from a new Fountain
1.
Not from our humanity
a.
This is not a human kind of love
b.
It is not a fruit of effort, or decency
c.
It isn’t evoked by loveable people
2.
But from our reborn humanity
a.
Our love flows from Jesus’ love in and for us
b.
It is a fruit produced by God’s Spirit
!! II.
Jesus love is the Standard
A.
He accepts Before we are acceptable
1.
Note: Jesus says this /before/ the cross!
a.
Jesus loved the disciples from day 1!
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So how does Jesus love?
a.
He loves /before/ they understood Him
b.
/While we were yet sinners . .
./
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He calls us as we are
a.
Fishermen, tax collectors, zealots
b.
Impulsive, power-hungry, skeptical
c.
/Come, follow me/
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His love is Self - Denying
1.
He comes to serve (John 13:1,ff)
a.
He teaches, heals, delivers
b.
He washes the disciples feet!
c.
Love focuses on serving (not being served)
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He is very, very patient with the disciples
a.
Their faith is small and fragile
b.
The never really understand Him
c.
They’re always saying something dumb
3.
He will lay down His life for them
a.
For this band of fickle followers
b.
And all who follow after them
c.
That’s how we’re supposed to love.
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