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Excerpted from: Love's Basic DefinitionSo understand this! The love of God is going to involve a cost to the individual who does the act—whatever it might be. We might say, then, that this 'costliness' is its vital, or essential, part. Now, it is not the only one. There is another one that has to be fit into this, if the love of God is going to really be there.
Even as God is manifested by what He does, His children will also be manifested by what they do, because they will be doing acts that are similar. Maybe not in scope, maybe not in size, but in kind—in terms of they will be things that will be done for the benefit of others; acts that will cost them something.
We also find from this series of verses that what the Father did and what the Son did, most specifically, what the Son did here in John 13, is going to be the standard against which all acts of love are to be measured. I am not thinking here of what Jesus specifically did in that period of time right after this episode in John 13 took place—that is, the crucifixion. I am talking about Jesus' entire life being the example, the standard, against which all acts of love are going to be measured.
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Excerpted from: LoveThe word know is in the Greek ginōskō. It does not mean to know like, “I know this.” It means to observe over a period of time. People in the church, people in the world, will look at and see there is something different, when they see you deal in the workplace, with the public, with your friends, in a loving fashion like this, having the love of God. They will begin to slowly know, to apprehend, to see love working. They will begin to see your maturity at living rightly, at how you handle situations, and they will say, “There’s something different about this person. He conducts himself wisely. He conducts himself not like the world, but with a tenderness and a concern for everybody he or she comes in contact with.” They will know that you are different, and that you belong to God. All will know that you belong to Him because of your love.
John 13:34
Excerpted from: The Identifying Sign of a True Disciple of JesusSo, we may ask the question then, what then is so different about our Lord's command here that He can call it new? Well, first, we should note that it is a command given by the Lord to the church, to His disciples, and not a command given to Israel. This command is specifically directed toward the disciples, and their relationship with one another.
What makes it new is the standard—the criteria—that are placed in it. In John 13:34 above, we will finish that up, it says, “I give you a new commandment to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” So the most important new dimension to our Lord's command here is the standard which He sets for the love He requires—just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 13:34-35
Excerpted from: Serving the Brethren Through PrayerI think this may be one of the most powerful statements in the Bible. It says, "By this we will know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another." Have you ever wondered if you have God's Spirit? If you are living this way, one way to judge that very quickly: Do you love the brethren? We carry a very unique, divinely-ordained responsibility in the church of God. And these verses stress the importance of loving one another. And our love for one another is the very proof that we are disciples of Christ, the proof that we are being disciples, followers of Christ. And if we do not love one another, dare I say, are we really and truly Christians at all?
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Excerpted from: Reconciliation and the Day of AtonementGod is showing through the church that all the prejudices against God and man can be dissolved and overcome through Christ. "New" here implies freshness, rather than from point of time. It is part of that different perspective. Love is merely the exercising of God's Word. Doing what He says to do is new for a convert because it means operating from the perspective of cooperation rather than competition.
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