Love One Another (John 13:34-35) – Jeremy Hartley
Love One Another John 13:34-35
- The statute of Christian Love (34a)
(“a new commandment I give to you”)
“The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master”.
Peter Forsythe (Scottish Theologian 1848-1921)
1 John 4:20–21 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
- The standard of Christian Love (34b)
(“just as I have loved you”)
“We should regard our fellow Christian as a brother or sister, and delight to do anything to promote their well being. We should hate the idea of envy, malice, and jealousy towards another member of Christ, and regard it as a downright sin. This is what our Lord meant when He told us to love one another.”
JC RYLE (English Bishop, 1816-1900)
“Though we cannot think alike may we not love alike?”
JOHN WESLEY (English Pastor, 1703-1781)
- The sign of Christian Love (35)
(“by this all people will know you are my disciples”)
“The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy.”
DL MOODY (Pastor and Professor in Massachusetts, 1837-1899)
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.