Title: Everyone is One! (John 13:34-35)
The Lord, who performed the precious foot-washing ceremony the night before he was arrested, gives the disciples a new commandment after Judas Iscariot leaves. "Love one another. If you love one another, by this everyone will know that you are my disciples..." Perhaps this is most of all, because the remaining eleven disciples are not only disciples by name, but rather disciples only by name . Isn't that the heart of the Lord?
Are you disciples?
1. We must become disciples of the Lord.
A disciple is a person who lives with the master and lives with the master. A disciple is someone who sees and imitates his master. A disciple is a being who follows the master and eventually resembles the master. But the Lord, our eternal Teacher, says: “If you love, you will become my disciple.” Conversely, if you do not love, you are not a disciple of the Lord. Many people today claim to be disciples of Jesus. But there are few disciples who are truly disciples. You must love to be a true disciple. You must love to become a disciple of the Lord.
2. We must restore the love that is the mark of 'discipleship'.
Among the things we need to recover, the most important thing is 'true love'. What the world says is not true love. It is a lust in the name of love. It is a desire in the pattern of love. It is conditional love, 'the love of Eros'. It is self-centered, selective love, 'philia's love'. But true love is unconditional love, agape love, which is 'Nevertheless' love. The Lord demonstrated this love most clearly in the event of the cross.
3. How can we do this love?
There is a song called "Love is one for everyone". That's right. Love isn't for everyone. But those who have become disciples of the Lord can. “Who said it was easy?” That's right. Love between men and women in the world is difficult, but it is not easy to love agape. But we can. Because the Lord has told you to do it. The Lord does not command what we cannot do. With the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of love, we can bear it. I have to do it first. It must be done from the nearest place, my family and our saints. You should do it while you still can. Do it while you still have someone you can love and have the health and time to love.