As We’ve Been Loved…


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The night before he was crucified, the Lord gave his disciples a “new” commandment, that they love one another.  In John 15:12-17, he escalates this expectation by commanding us to love as he has loved us.  In these verses we see that he has loved us sacrificially, intimately, and intentionally.  This is how we are to love one another, but not on our own.  We love as we have been loved with the love with which we have been loved.  It is only as we abide in the vine, the source of all love, believing in the gospel of God’s love for us in Christ that we are equipped and empowered to love as we have been loved.