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J
ohn 13:34-35 says: “A new commandment I
give you, that you love one another, even
as I have loved you, that you also love one
another. By this all men will know that you
are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
Jesus talks about us loving one another. Just
as he himself loved us, so we too must show
that love to one another. It is very important
for us to have a good
relationship with one
another, and when we
love, something amazing
happens – one is loved
back, beyond measure.
Matthew 9: 10-11: “And
as he sat at the table in
the house, behold many
tax collectors and
sinners came and sat
down with Jesus and his
disciples. And when the
Pharisees saw this, they
said to his disciples,
‘Why does your teacher
eat with tax collectors
and sinners?’”
Here is the Son of God,
who lived a clean and perfect life here on
earth. He understood what love was really
like. He saw that tax collectors and sinners
really needed the love and care that came
from him. Here is a challenge for us, we must
likewise show love to everyone we come into
contact with. It could be our neighbours,
workmates, old school friends, street kids, the
homeless, the sick and all kinds of people. The
whole gospel is tied together in one great
name, and that is love. Paul in Corinthians
says, “Hope, faith and love abide, but the
greatest of these is love.” Love shall continue
even in the Kingdom to come.
Luke 6:32-35 speaks about the love that our
Father has shown to all mankind, and we have
seen how Christ loves the un-loveable and
even died for us all. We can go to our Sunday
service of worship and be inspired to live and
love as Christ has done for us all. When we
read God’s word we can see His great plan and
purpose for all mankind, yet we can find it
difficult to love those whom God and Jesus
Christ love.
To love our neighbour is about being
compelled to love them regardless of how they
love, or not. Let us
show the same kind of
love to those around us
that God and Jesus
show us. We should be
obligated to love those
the world has termed
unworthy of love. We
must choose to love
as a child loves, being
completely open, with-
out judgement and
allowing ourselves to
be vulnerable (Matthew
18:4) – not to stop
loving even if others
may have stopped loving
us.
“And the King will
answer them, ‘truly I
say to you, as you did to one of these my
brethren you did it for me.’” (Matthew 25:40)
May we show love to others just as God and
His Son Jesus have loved us. God bless us all
as we journey Zionwards.
Love One Another
| Bro Gideon Hankomone (Mazabuka,Zambia)
Love
I Corinthians 13:8
T
here is no greater love than
the love that holds on
where there seems nothing
left to hold on to.
“Love never fails ...”