WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.240 Well, have you ever experienced that phenomenon 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:06.400 where you become so used to seeing something 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:11.839 that you see it, but you don't really notice it anymore? 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:15.380 Maybe it's something on the wall in your house. 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:18.699 Maybe it's a picture from your wedding 00:00:18.699 --> 00:00:21.960 or some kind of keepsake that you put on display. 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.280 You know it's there and you walk past it all the time. 00:00:25.980 --> 00:00:28.060 You see it there again and again and again, 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:30.099 and yet somehow seeing it there, 00:00:30.219 --> 00:00:34.239 it just doesn't really register anymore. 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:38.079 You see it there, but you don't really appreciate it 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:39.359 like you used to. 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.119 You know it's a picture of a special moment 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.140 or a wonderful scene, 00:00:45.519 --> 00:00:48.239 but it's been a long time since you really stopped 00:00:48.239 --> 00:00:51.179 and looked at the expression on the people's faces 00:00:51.179 --> 00:00:52.219 in the picture 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:55.879 or at the details that really bring out the beauty 00:00:55.879 --> 00:00:57.239 in that scene. 00:00:59.060 --> 00:01:01.120 This morning as we come to the word of God, 00:01:01.219 --> 00:01:02.500 we come to one of the greatest 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:06.260 and most important things that Jesus ever said, 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.859 but perhaps something so great and so important 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:14.200 that it's become quite familiar, 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:18.300 so familiar that maybe we've stopped seeing it 00:01:18.300 --> 00:01:19.599 and hearing it altogether. 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.959 Jesus is in the upper room with his disciples. 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:27.619 It's the night of his betrayal and arrest. 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.979 Judas has already left the house to put his plan into action. 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:34.680 And as we heard last week, 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:36.820 Jesus is calling for the careful attention 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:39.159 of his closest followers 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:41.480 because his time with them is running out. 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.079 Imagine Jesus here at the table 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:49.659 looking around into each face, 00:01:50.140 --> 00:01:52.840 looking into your face 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.180 and saying these words, 00:01:56.180 --> 00:02:01.439 a new command I give to you, 00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:04.200 love one another 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.800 as I have loved you. 00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:11.039 So you must love one another. 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:15.640 By this, everyone will know 00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:17.439 that you are my disciples 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:19.979 if you have love 00:02:19.979 --> 00:02:22.180 for one another. 00:02:24.859 --> 00:02:26.319 Sounds familiar, doesn't it? 00:02:28.579 --> 00:02:30.620 It comes from John chapter 13. 00:02:31.379 --> 00:02:32.740 Yet I wonder if these words 00:02:32.740 --> 00:02:34.280 have become to you so familiar 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:35.340 that you see them, 00:02:36.259 --> 00:02:39.079 but you don't really notice them anymore. 00:02:40.419 --> 00:02:41.460 You hear them, 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:44.319 but you don't really carry in your heart 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:45.959 the full appreciation of them 00:02:45.959 --> 00:02:47.599 like you used to. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.159 I mean, isn't it easy 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:51.519 to just hear Jesus say this 00:02:51.519 --> 00:02:51.939 and think, 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:54.259 oh yeah, love. 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:54.780 Yep. 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:57.019 We need to love each other. 00:02:58.079 --> 00:02:58.479 Next, 00:02:59.299 --> 00:03:01.139 what else did Jesus say? 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:02.560 Tell me something new. 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:04.439 Tell me something I haven't heard already. 00:03:05.579 --> 00:03:07.340 I mean, we all kind of know this, don't we? 00:03:07.459 --> 00:03:09.759 This is kind of Christianity 101. 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:12.159 This is like basic, foundational, 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.840 elementary stuff of being a Christian, right? 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:16.400 Love. 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:18.359 Yep. 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.180 I learned about that a long time ago. 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:24.240 So then here's my question. 00:03:25.579 --> 00:03:26.960 Why, of all the things 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:28.400 that Jesus could be saying 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.060 to his disciples 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:32.780 in this last words kind of moment, 00:03:33.180 --> 00:03:34.740 why is he telling them 00:03:34.740 --> 00:03:37.460 to love one another? 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:39.859 I mean, these are grown men 00:03:39.859 --> 00:03:40.780 that he's talking to. 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.060 These are best buds 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:45.180 who have just been 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:47.639 on one of the most amazing adventures 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:49.379 of a lifetime 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:50.780 over the past three years. 00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:52.620 Why is he speaking to them 00:03:52.620 --> 00:03:53.319 like children? 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:56.060 Telling them something so basic, 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:56.840 so obvious, 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.219 so elementary. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:01.620 I mean, this is what those of us 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:03.479 with kids say to our children, 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:03.939 isn't it? 00:04:03.979 --> 00:04:05.319 When they get into fights 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:05.859 with each other, 00:04:05.939 --> 00:04:06.280 we say, 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:08.219 stop it, guys. 00:04:08.219 --> 00:04:11.000 Stop being unkind to one another. 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:12.979 You need to love one another. 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:17.660 And they look at you, 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:19.379 and you say, 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:20.199 well, is that thing 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:21.660 that you were doing to her loving? 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:22.100 No. 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:22.660 No. 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:23.100 No. 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:28.240 So why is Jesus speaking 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:29.680 to these grown men, 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.600 these adults here in the room 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:32.460 around the table 00:04:32.460 --> 00:04:34.480 like they're selfish little children? 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:37.580 Is it possible 00:04:37.580 --> 00:04:38.960 that full-grown adults 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:39.860 like you and me 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:42.660 are still often acting 00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:45.460 like selfish little children? 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:49.139 Well, we don't actually 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:49.859 have to wonder 00:04:49.859 --> 00:04:51.819 because we actually know 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:53.399 that these full-grown adults 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:54.399 around the table, 00:04:54.579 --> 00:04:55.719 Peter, James, John, 00:04:55.779 --> 00:04:56.299 and the others, 00:04:56.819 --> 00:04:57.519 we know 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.279 that just before this, 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:01.679 they were actually arguing 00:05:01.679 --> 00:05:03.240 and fighting 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.839 at the table. 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:08.000 Luke, in his gospel, 00:05:08.139 --> 00:05:09.659 tells us right after Judas 00:05:09.659 --> 00:05:12.399 kind of left the room 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:13.639 to betray Jesus, 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.699 a dispute also arose 00:05:15.699 --> 00:05:16.779 among the disciples 00:05:16.779 --> 00:05:17.659 as to which of them 00:05:17.659 --> 00:05:18.240 was considered 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:19.360 to be the greatest. 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:22.240 So yes, 00:05:22.379 --> 00:05:23.279 they were behaving 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:26.259 like self-centered children, 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:28.939 and they needed to be told, 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:31.199 the way that you are 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:32.000 treating each other 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:32.759 is unkind. 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.159 You need to love one another. 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:42.839 And so the first step 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:43.759 to really noticing 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:45.199 these words of Jesus again 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:46.339 and appreciating them 00:05:46.339 --> 00:05:47.839 is admitting 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:49.579 that this command, 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:50.419 these words 00:05:50.419 --> 00:05:51.500 that Jesus is saying, 00:05:51.899 --> 00:05:52.819 they're not just 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:53.979 for kids, 00:05:54.899 --> 00:05:55.579 for children. 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:57.659 They're not just something 00:05:57.659 --> 00:05:58.599 that we needed to hear 00:05:58.599 --> 00:05:59.539 back at the beginning 00:05:59.539 --> 00:06:00.620 of our faith journey. 00:06:02.019 --> 00:06:02.939 Jesus isn't wasting 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:03.719 his breath here 00:06:03.719 --> 00:06:05.039 by telling them something 00:06:05.039 --> 00:06:05.799 that they don't really 00:06:05.799 --> 00:06:06.319 need to hear 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:07.519 because they've been living 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:08.699 like this the whole time. 00:06:08.699 --> 00:06:09.639 No. 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:11.459 This command 00:06:11.459 --> 00:06:12.339 is precisely 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:13.379 what they needed 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:13.839 to hear. 00:06:15.039 --> 00:06:15.800 And I want to say 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:16.539 to you this morning, 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:17.300 it's precisely 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:18.060 what we 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:19.699 here in this room 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:20.620 need to hear 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:21.860 as well, 00:06:22.039 --> 00:06:22.639 as much as 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:23.639 our own children do. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.180 It's something 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:26.300 we all have need of, 00:06:26.699 --> 00:06:28.919 to love one another. 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:32.339 In some cases, 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:33.860 to stop treating 00:06:33.860 --> 00:06:34.740 the other person 00:06:34.740 --> 00:06:37.240 as if it's all about me. 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:39.360 In other cases, 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:40.420 to stop speaking 00:06:40.420 --> 00:06:41.660 to the other 00:06:41.660 --> 00:06:43.319 unkind words 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.120 or words behind 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:45.699 their back. 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:47.840 In some cases, 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:48.720 to stop having 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:49.259 an attitude 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:49.960 towards 00:06:49.960 --> 00:06:51.840 that person 00:06:51.840 --> 00:06:53.980 of, 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:55.939 I'm better than you 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:58.319 or I'm more mature 00:06:58.319 --> 00:06:59.040 than you. 00:07:00.660 --> 00:07:01.740 In other cases, 00:07:01.900 --> 00:07:03.199 to stop ignoring 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:04.199 or giving the cold 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:04.660 shoulder 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:06.220 to someone. 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:09.400 In some cases, 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:10.420 to stop holding 00:07:10.420 --> 00:07:10.920 a grudge 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.060 against that person 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:13.460 for that thing 00:07:13.460 --> 00:07:13.980 that they did 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:14.840 to you one time 00:07:14.840 --> 00:07:16.480 or maybe that short 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:17.200 list of things 00:07:17.200 --> 00:07:17.880 that they did 00:07:17.880 --> 00:07:19.200 or said to you 00:07:19.200 --> 00:07:19.980 over the years 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:23.300 and more. 00:07:24.820 --> 00:07:25.940 Love one another. 00:07:26.820 --> 00:07:27.600 It means 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:28.820 not just stopping 00:07:28.820 --> 00:07:30.520 that selfish 00:07:30.520 --> 00:07:32.020 attitudes, 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:33.100 those ways, 00:07:33.260 --> 00:07:34.200 those unkind behaviors. 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:34.759 It means 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:36.459 also starting 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:37.279 and doing 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:38.959 the kind things, 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:39.839 the good things, 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:40.839 the right things 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:41.740 to one another. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:43.899 Believe it or not, 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:44.560 I've even heard 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.800 Christians say about me, 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:47.019 not about me, 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:47.779 but to me, 00:07:48.039 --> 00:07:48.939 about other Christians. 00:07:48.939 --> 00:07:49.759 I've heard them say, 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:49.939 well, 00:07:50.019 --> 00:07:50.599 I'm not angry 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:51.399 at that person. 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:52.859 I'm not holding anything 00:07:52.859 --> 00:07:53.599 against them. 00:07:54.159 --> 00:07:54.959 I just don't want 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:55.579 to be around them 00:07:55.579 --> 00:07:56.139 or have anything 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:56.879 to do with them. 00:07:59.459 --> 00:07:59.859 Listen, 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:02.079 Jesus didn't say, 00:08:02.779 --> 00:08:04.079 a new command I give you, 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:06.579 stop treating each other badly. 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:09.379 that's a start, 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:11.159 but it doesn't go 00:08:11.159 --> 00:08:11.859 the whole way. 00:08:13.139 --> 00:08:14.039 Jesus is not looking 00:08:14.039 --> 00:08:15.060 for a bunch of followers 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:16.279 who are apathetic 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.199 and uncaring 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:18.979 and indifferent 00:08:18.979 --> 00:08:19.959 towards one another 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:20.959 and just kind of show up 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:21.539 on Sunday, 00:08:22.039 --> 00:08:22.860 go through the motions 00:08:22.860 --> 00:08:24.139 and then go their separate ways 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:25.659 and have nothing to do 00:08:25.659 --> 00:08:26.740 with each other's lives. 00:08:27.299 --> 00:08:27.699 No. 00:08:28.899 --> 00:08:29.860 The command is, 00:08:29.860 --> 00:08:32.180 love one another. 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:34.919 Think about one another 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:35.659 the thoughts 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:36.960 that love thinks. 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:39.360 Say to one another 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:40.519 the kind of words 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.200 that love speaks. 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:44.700 Do to one another 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:45.639 the kind of things 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:46.720 that love does. 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:49.019 Initiate with one another. 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.519 Give generously 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:51.379 to one another. 00:08:52.180 --> 00:08:53.399 Serve and meet 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.639 the needs of each other. 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.139 Cry with those 00:08:57.139 --> 00:08:58.080 who are mourning. 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:00.320 Celebrate 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:01.020 with those 00:09:01.020 --> 00:09:01.879 who are rejoicing. 00:09:02.060 --> 00:09:03.080 Actually care 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:04.340 about the other person 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:05.860 and what's going on 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:06.500 in their lives. 00:09:07.020 --> 00:09:07.660 Speak to them 00:09:07.660 --> 00:09:08.240 in such a way 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:09.400 as to build them up 00:09:09.400 --> 00:09:10.440 and help them 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.020 and encourage them. 00:09:13.139 --> 00:09:14.080 Move towards 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:15.220 the needy 00:09:15.220 --> 00:09:16.980 with a willing heart 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:18.879 and with open hands. 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:20.720 Listen to what 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:21.420 that other person 00:09:21.420 --> 00:09:21.960 is saying. 00:09:22.160 --> 00:09:23.020 Find out what's really 00:09:23.020 --> 00:09:24.240 going on in their lives. 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:27.020 Bear with that brother 00:09:27.020 --> 00:09:27.780 or sister 00:09:27.779 --> 00:09:29.339 when they are 00:09:29.339 --> 00:09:30.860 less than lovely. 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:33.459 All of these things 00:09:33.459 --> 00:09:34.120 are examples 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:34.699 of what it 00:09:34.699 --> 00:09:36.720 sometimes looks like 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:38.019 to love one another. 00:09:39.100 --> 00:09:40.220 And as I was thinking 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:41.100 about it this week 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:41.319 you know 00:09:41.319 --> 00:09:42.159 it's kind of a really 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:43.360 hard thing to describe 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:44.639 or to define 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:46.139 love. 00:09:47.199 --> 00:09:48.179 Because love 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:49.039 thinks 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:50.439 and says 00:09:50.439 --> 00:09:51.299 and does 00:09:51.299 --> 00:09:52.240 a thousand 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:53.779 different things 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:55.339 depending on the situation. 00:09:55.339 --> 00:09:55.899 Depending on the situation. 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.179 Depending on the need. 00:09:59.179 --> 00:10:00.399 Depending on what you have. 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.600 Depending on the kind 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:03.899 of relationship it is. 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:06.179 It's amazing really. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:07.679 Love is 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:08.720 one of the most 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:09.519 beautiful things 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:10.120 that we know. 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:12.779 It's like a 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:13.339 mysterious 00:10:13.339 --> 00:10:14.620 and precious jewel 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.559 with countless 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:16.439 faces. 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.980 and it's beauty 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:19.700 comes from God 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:20.180 himself. 00:10:22.020 --> 00:10:23.140 As it says 00:10:23.140 --> 00:10:24.260 in 1 John 00:10:24.260 --> 00:10:25.100 chapter 4 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:27.160 God 00:10:27.160 --> 00:10:27.740 is 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:28.540 love. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.400 It's who he is. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:34.900 And a little bit 00:10:34.900 --> 00:10:35.580 down from that 00:10:35.580 --> 00:10:36.440 we love 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:37.960 because he 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:38.720 first 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:39.620 loved us. 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:41.700 love 00:10:41.700 --> 00:10:42.220 is that 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:42.639 holy 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:43.440 and most 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:44.080 beautiful 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.940 thing 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:45.799 about God 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:47.240 and his 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:47.820 glory. 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:50.860 That 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:51.360 goodness 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:52.200 inside of him 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:52.720 that just 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:53.519 flows 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:54.220 out of him 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:54.639 to his 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:55.179 creation. 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:57.000 It's not 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:57.879 just a basic 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:58.820 or elementary 00:10:58.820 --> 00:10:59.399 thing in the 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:00.259 Christian life. 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:01.080 Love 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:02.700 loving 00:11:02.700 --> 00:11:03.460 is the 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:03.860 highest 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.519 glory 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:05.620 to which 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:05.980 we are 00:11:05.980 --> 00:11:06.519 called 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:08.700 to be like 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:09.780 our good 00:11:09.780 --> 00:11:11.440 kind 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.060 patient 00:11:13.060 --> 00:11:14.500 generous 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:15.920 compassionate 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:17.320 and intentional 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:17.900 God. 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:20.780 And so 00:11:20.780 --> 00:11:21.280 that's why 00:11:21.280 --> 00:11:21.900 Jesus is 00:11:21.900 --> 00:11:22.259 taking 00:11:22.259 --> 00:11:23.600 this precious 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.320 time that he 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:24.860 has left 00:11:24.860 --> 00:11:25.340 to give 00:11:25.340 --> 00:11:26.020 them 00:11:26.020 --> 00:11:26.700 this 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:27.360 instruction 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.000 because it's 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:28.460 not just 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:28.960 something that 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:29.900 we need 00:11:29.900 --> 00:11:30.240 to learn 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:30.520 at the 00:11:30.520 --> 00:11:30.980 beginning 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:32.200 and then 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:32.480 we're good 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:32.879 to go. 00:11:33.020 --> 00:11:33.200 No. 00:11:33.660 --> 00:11:33.920 Loving 00:11:33.920 --> 00:11:34.379 one another 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:34.900 is the 00:11:34.900 --> 00:11:35.720 full expression 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:36.420 of God's 00:11:36.420 --> 00:11:36.820 glory 00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:37.740 in us 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.600 that we 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:38.980 are being 00:11:38.980 --> 00:11:39.639 saved 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:40.159 in order 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:40.860 to attain 00:11:40.860 --> 00:11:41.180 to 00:11:41.180 --> 00:11:42.320 for the 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:42.820 rest of 00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:43.480 eternity. 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:46.580 And it's 00:11:46.580 --> 00:11:46.940 not just 00:11:46.940 --> 00:11:47.279 one of 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:47.740 many 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:48.159 commands 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:48.680 that Jesus 00:11:48.680 --> 00:11:49.159 gives. 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:50.060 It's one 00:11:50.060 --> 00:11:50.360 of the 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:50.840 highest, 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:51.639 the greatest, 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:52.200 the most 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:52.840 important 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:53.399 commands 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.259 that he 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:54.680 gives. 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:56.759 Those of 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:56.960 you who 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:57.259 know the 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:57.639 story, 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:57.940 do you 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:58.259 know what 00:11:58.259 --> 00:11:58.680 Jesus, 00:11:59.080 --> 00:11:59.279 do you 00:11:59.279 --> 00:11:59.580 remember 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:00.080 what Jesus 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:00.639 said earlier 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:00.940 in the 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:01.320 week when 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:01.620 he was 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.019 questioned 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:02.519 by that 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.019 expert 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:03.399 in the 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:03.720 law? 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:05.840 That 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:06.340 guy said 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:06.840 to Jesus, 00:12:07.540 --> 00:12:07.899 teacher, 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:09.120 which is 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:09.320 the 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:09.700 greatest 00:12:09.700 --> 00:12:10.440 commandment 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:10.879 in the 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:11.139 law? 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:14.040 Jesus 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:14.600 replied, 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.879 love the 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.500 Lord your 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.759 God with 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.300 all your 00:12:19.300 --> 00:12:20.840 heart and 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.460 with all 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:22.540 your soul 00:12:22.540 --> 00:12:23.860 and with 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:24.340 all your 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:24.920 mind. 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.820 This is the 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:27.519 first and 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.080 greatest 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:28.800 commandment, 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:29.960 he said. 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:31.980 And the 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:33.139 second is 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:33.660 like it. 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.440 Love your 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:36.940 neighbor as 00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:37.520 yourself. 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:40.060 All the 00:12:40.060 --> 00:12:40.840 law and 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:41.380 the prophets 00:12:41.380 --> 00:12:42.060 hang on 00:12:42.060 --> 00:12:43.160 these two 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:43.900 commandments, 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:45.920 said Jesus. 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.200 Do you 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:47.640 hear that? 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:48.900 Loving God 00:12:48.900 --> 00:12:49.280 is the 00:12:49.280 --> 00:12:49.820 first, 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:50.380 it's the 00:12:50.380 --> 00:12:50.960 greatest 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:52.180 commandment. 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:53.840 And loving 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:54.520 our neighbors, 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.260 loving one 00:12:55.260 --> 00:12:56.040 another is 00:12:56.040 --> 00:12:56.960 the second 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.420 greatest 00:12:58.420 --> 00:12:59.400 commandment. 00:12:59.399 --> 00:12:59.519 love. 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:01.659 So this 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:02.079 whole thing 00:13:02.079 --> 00:13:02.419 of being 00:13:02.419 --> 00:13:02.919 commanded 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:04.079 to love 00:13:04.079 --> 00:13:04.779 by Jesus, 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:06.579 it's the 00:13:06.579 --> 00:13:07.600 first command 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.240 that we 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:08.840 should all 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.240 learn. 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.319 The one 00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:10.620 that we 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.240 should focus 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.939 on obeying 00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.980 and doing 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:13.919 the most 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:14.319 in our 00:13:14.319 --> 00:13:14.720 lives. 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.139 It's the 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:15.860 greatest and 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.659 highest calling 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:17.299 of every 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:18.019 follower of 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.340 Jesus. 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:20.439 It's the 00:13:20.439 --> 00:13:20.819 thing that 00:13:20.819 --> 00:13:21.360 should most 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:21.939 characterize 00:13:21.939 --> 00:13:22.980 our lives 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:24.799 as followers 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.519 of Christ. 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:27.340 love. 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:30.340 And not 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:30.799 only that, 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.379 says Jesus, 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:31.860 but the 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:32.299 whole of 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:32.960 the instruction 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:33.559 that God 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:34.120 gave to 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.620 Israel 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.360 through 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:35.919 Moses, 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.819 the law, 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:38.559 and the 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:39.039 whole of 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:39.620 the instruction 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:40.100 that God 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.480 gave to 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:40.919 the nation 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.319 of Israel 00:13:41.319 --> 00:13:42.039 afterwards, 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.199 the prophets, 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:44.559 all of that 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.259 can be summed 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:45.799 up by these 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.600 two commands. 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.299 The command 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.620 to love. 00:13:52.199 --> 00:13:52.759 It's 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:53.159 amazing. 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:55.039 It tells 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:55.340 us 00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:56.040 a couple 00:13:56.040 --> 00:13:56.480 things. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.519 It really 00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:58.940 is the 00:13:58.940 --> 00:13:59.700 most important 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.399 instruction 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:01.560 that we 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.259 are given 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:03.019 by God. 00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:04.080 Fulfilling 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:04.639 all the 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:04.860 other 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.440 instructions 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:06.480 that God 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:06.759 gives, 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.139 all the 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.320 other 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:07.759 commands 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.040 God 00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:08.360 gives 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.600 is bound 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.540 up inside 00:14:10.540 --> 00:14:11.060 of these 00:14:11.060 --> 00:14:11.480 two. 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.460 Love 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:13.879 God 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.000 and love 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.519 one another. 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.040 Love your 00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:17.360 neighbor. 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.019 And second, 00:14:19.900 --> 00:14:20.519 it tells us 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.019 again that 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:22.820 loving is a 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:23.840 many-faceted 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.500 thing. 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.340 I mean, 00:14:26.420 --> 00:14:26.879 think of the 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.519 variety of 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:27.980 things that 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.440 God has 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:29.540 said in 00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:29.940 the law 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.879 and in 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.480 the prophets 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.960 that came 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:33.460 afterwards. 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:33.899 It's like 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.420 saying that 00:14:34.420 --> 00:14:35.160 the entirety 00:14:35.160 --> 00:14:35.660 of the 00:14:35.660 --> 00:14:36.220 instruction 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.360 given in 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:37.759 the Old 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.280 Testament, 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.399 in all its 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:40.920 variety, 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:41.540 was calling 00:14:41.540 --> 00:14:42.139 people to 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.660 just two 00:14:42.660 --> 00:14:43.180 things. 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:45.860 Love for 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.200 God 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:47.940 and love 00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:48.360 for one 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:48.700 another. 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:50.879 God 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.140 in fact, 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:51.420 I would 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:51.940 suggest to 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.540 you this 00:14:52.540 --> 00:14:53.020 morning that 00:14:53.020 --> 00:14:53.400 the whole 00:14:53.400 --> 00:14:54.200 Bible has 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:54.620 been given 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.220 to us 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.800 by God 00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:58.120 to show 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.540 us what 00:14:58.540 --> 00:14:59.220 love really 00:14:59.220 --> 00:14:59.900 looks like 00:14:59.900 --> 00:15:01.180 in action. 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:02.680 First, 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.340 coming from 00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:03.920 God to 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.280 us, 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:05.940 and second, 00:15:06.140 --> 00:15:06.520 how it 00:15:06.520 --> 00:15:07.020 should flow 00:15:07.020 --> 00:15:07.600 from us 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.879 to one 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:09.200 another. 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:11.000 So this 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.259 is what 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:11.879 Jesus said 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.379 earlier in 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:12.800 the week 00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:13.580 about our 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.200 calling as 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.220 God's people 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:15.720 to love, 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.060 but now 00:15:16.060 --> 00:15:16.660 here Jesus 00:15:16.660 --> 00:15:17.279 says a 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.080 similar sort 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:18.420 of thing 00:15:18.420 --> 00:15:18.759 to his 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:19.500 disciples at 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.060 the table 00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:21.080 on the eve 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:21.379 of his 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.840 betrayal, 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.639 and there 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.139 are just a 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.879 few details 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.720 in the way 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.519 that Jesus 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.139 says it 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:27.279 that catch 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.920 our attention. 00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:29.480 For starters, 00:15:29.660 --> 00:15:30.279 Jesus calls 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.040 this a new 00:15:31.040 --> 00:15:32.019 commandment, 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.420 a new 00:15:32.420 --> 00:15:32.920 command, 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.639 again highlighting 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.440 its importance. 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.220 Think about 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.980 what else Jesus 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.680 has been doing 00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.639 at this table 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.180 this very 00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:40.620 evening 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:42.279 that's new. 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.139 He's been 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.560 giving the 00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:45.480 disciples a 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.000 new way 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.500 to mark 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.139 the Passover, 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.639 a thing 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.100 to do 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.800 in remembrance 00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:49.560 of him. 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.620 He's told 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:51.899 them that 00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:52.220 there's going 00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:52.820 to be a 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.940 new covenant 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:55.000 inaugurated, 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.519 a new 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:57.180 arrangement 00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:58.039 between God 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.379 and his 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.659 people that 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.220 will be put 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:01.080 into effect 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.240 by his 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.620 blood, 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:04.360 his death. 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.039 And then we 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:06.539 come to this 00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:07.039 commandment, 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.820 a new 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:09.080 commandment 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:10.220 to go with 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.779 the new 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.379 covenant. 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:12.980 You'll 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.460 remember that 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:13.840 the old 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.039 covenant that 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:15.559 was made 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.099 was made 00:16:16.099 --> 00:16:16.559 with the 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:16.959 people of 00:16:16.959 --> 00:16:17.439 Israel at 00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:18.179 Mount Sinai. 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:18.980 You'll 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.459 remember that 00:16:19.459 --> 00:16:19.980 it came 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.919 with 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.879 commandments, 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.399 ten of 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.620 them, 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.159 written on 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.099 stone tablets 00:16:26.099 --> 00:16:27.699 and others 00:16:27.699 --> 00:16:28.439 given alongside. 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.539 And one of 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.000 those old 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.439 commandments, 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.039 not one of 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:32.399 the ten, 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:32.980 but one of 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:33.299 the ones 00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:34.099 given alongside 00:16:34.099 --> 00:16:35.279 was what we 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.719 just heard. 00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:36.039 It was, 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:36.860 love your 00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:38.459 neighbor as 00:16:38.459 --> 00:16:38.980 yourself. 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.039 love, 00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:41.420 which kind 00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:41.720 of brings 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.000 us to 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.600 this question. 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.720 What's so 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.100 new about 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.840 this command 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:48.759 to love 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.320 one another? 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.519 It seems 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.379 like a kind 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:52.779 of an old 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.139 command. 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.680 Why does 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.259 Jesus say 00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:55.800 that this is 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.159 a new 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.580 command? 00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.800 And it's 00:16:58.800 --> 00:16:59.039 here we 00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.519 have to 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.600 notice the 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.399 next important 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.080 detail. 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.500 Jesus says, 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.500 love one 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:06.259 another as 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.240 I have 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.279 loved you. 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:11.140 that's a 00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:11.620 little different 00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.079 than love 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.599 your neighbor 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:14.059 as yourself. 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.380 In both 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:15.759 cases, 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.220 God is 00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.720 giving us 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.120 a pattern 00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:18.720 to follow, 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.180 some 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.900 description 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:20.599 of how 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.500 we should 00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.200 love the 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.860 other person. 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.160 The old 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.759 command that 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.420 God gave 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:26.740 was that 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.019 we should 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.400 love them 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:27.860 in the same 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:28.200 way that 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.539 we love 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.039 ourselves. 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.880 And we 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.420 all mostly 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.180 love ourselves 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.400 very much. 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.160 We do 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.680 all kinds 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:36.680 of things 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.339 for ourselves, 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.019 for our own 00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.440 benefit, 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:38.960 to make 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.440 ourselves 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.200 happy, 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.200 to meet 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.920 our own 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.420 needs. 00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:43.779 And God 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.180 was then 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:44.840 calling us 00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:45.259 to show 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.799 the same 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.340 care and 00:17:46.340 --> 00:17:46.700 commitment 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.240 that we 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.720 show to 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.240 ourselves, 00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:48.720 not just 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.380 to ourselves, 00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:50.440 but also 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.039 to the people 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.620 around us, 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:51.980 to our 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.320 neighbors. 00:17:54.080 --> 00:17:54.880 But what's 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:56.180 new about 00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.680 the new 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.920 command is 00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.720 how we 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.100 should love 00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.620 one another. 00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:01.360 Do you 00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:01.720 hear what 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.460 Jesus says? 00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.120 No longer 00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.660 are we merely 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.460 to model how 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:05.940 we love 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.420 one another 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.420 after how 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:07.740 we love 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.440 ourselves. 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.580 Now, 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.200 says Jesus, 00:18:10.340 --> 00:18:10.960 in this new 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.460 arrangement, 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.180 as my 00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:12.640 people, 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.080 I want you 00:18:14.080 --> 00:18:14.560 to model 00:18:14.560 --> 00:18:15.039 how you 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.519 love one 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:15.940 another 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:18.120 after how 00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:19.580 I have 00:18:19.580 --> 00:18:19.960 loved 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.500 you. 00:18:22.800 --> 00:18:23.640 Love one 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.019 another 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.880 as I 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.560 have loved 00:18:26.560 --> 00:18:27.100 you. 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.800 So you 00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.380 must love 00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:29.940 one another. 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:29.980 another. 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.259 And right 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.539 here, we 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:32.799 need to 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.019 really 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.500 pause. 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:33.840 We need 00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:34.259 to linger. 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.320 The 00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:36.700 temptation 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.180 is to 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.500 think, 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:40.080 maybe, 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.100 oh, well, 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.420 how did 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.120 Jesus love 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.360 his 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:42.840 disciples? 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.360 Well, 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:45.820 I'll do 00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:46.160 my best 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.500 to love 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.039 people like 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.360 that, 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.880 and then 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.140 we just 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.500 move on 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.720 to the 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.160 next thing, 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.380 and we 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.720 continue 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.039 on the 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.320 story. 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:50.720 Check. 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.600 I got 00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:51.980 the love 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.380 command 00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:52.740 figured 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.080 out. 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.480 What's 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:53.860 next? 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.820 But have 00:18:56.820 --> 00:18:57.100 we got 00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:57.460 the love 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.820 command 00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:58.140 figured 00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.440 out? 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:01.039 This is 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.380 the big 00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:01.799 question 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.140 that we 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:02.600 need to 00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.360 meditate 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:05.340 long 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:05.960 about. 00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.680 How did 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.180 Jesus 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.640 love 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.600 his 00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:12.120 disciples? 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:16.019 How did 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.600 Jesus 00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:18.019 love 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:20.220 his 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.680 disciples? 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.580 You 00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:24.759 know what? 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:24.960 Let's 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.380 break out 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:25.880 of sermon 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.440 monologue 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.960 mode for 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.820 a second 00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.120 here. 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.000 Let me 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.440 just put 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.700 it out 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.039 to you. 00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:30.580 Let's 00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:30.880 open it 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.120 up for 00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.600 discussion. 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.100 How did 00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.539 Jesus 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.620 love 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:33.840 his 00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:34.299 disciples? 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:34.759 There's 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.160 lots of 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.299 right 00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.620 answers 00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:35.820 to 00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.120 this. 00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:36.840 Shout 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:36.980 them 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.220 out. 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:40.840 He 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.180 went to 00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.320 the 00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:41.759 cross. 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.880 Yes, 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:43.940 he died 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.360 for us. 00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.740 And that's 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.299 probably the 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.779 first one 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.140 that comes 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.600 to mind. 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.000 It's the 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.259 biggest. 00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.799 It's the 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.440 one that 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:48.799 shows 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.059 his 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.700 greatest, 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.519 the 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:50.799 greatness 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.200 of his 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.600 love for 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:51.920 us. 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.740 What 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.100 else? 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:57.939 he 00:19:57.939 --> 00:19:58.539 spent time 00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:58.919 with them. 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.379 Yes. 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.779 He washed 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.339 their feet. 00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.299 A humble 00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.719 act. 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.259 He was 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.919 patient with 00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.079 them. 00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.839 How many 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.419 times did 00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:13.859 he try to 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.539 explain things 00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:14.899 to them 00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.119 and they 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.259 got, 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.939 it's like 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.359 they didn't 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.719 get it. 00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:18.819 He didn't 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.539 get really 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.519 frustrated and 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:20.899 just say, 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.299 I'm done 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.619 with you 00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:21.959 guys. 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.360 No, 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.000 he bore 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.420 with them. 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.700 He was 00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.279 patient with 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.420 them. 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.700 Yeah. 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.180 He taught 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.440 them. 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.960 Yeah. 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.920 He forgave 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.140 them. 00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.840 Yeah. 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.200 I think 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.860 of Peter 00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:43.120 who denied 00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.500 the Lord 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.220 three times 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.779 on the night 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.440 that he was 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.819 betrayed. 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.160 He said, 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.400 I don't 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.779 even know 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.279 that guy. 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.840 And Jesus 00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:50.539 forgave him. 00:20:51.960 --> 00:21:03.620 As I got 00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.180 thinking about 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.579 this, I 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.319 realized there 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:07.079 are so 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.860 many ways. 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.700 He chose 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:09.980 them. 00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.980 He initiated 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.480 with them. 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.019 He spoke 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.660 the truth to 00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:13.960 them even 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.400 when it was 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.900 hard for 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.240 them to 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.740 hear it. 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.980 He invited 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.460 them along 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:18.799 for the 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.380 ride, the 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.799 adventure. 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.460 He revealed 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.920 his true 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.480 nature to 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:21.680 them. 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.200 He spoke 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.660 words of 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.240 encouragement 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.740 to them 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.100 like a 00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:24.720 father does 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.080 to his 00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.500 children. 00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:26.440 There's a 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.740 time where 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.100 he made 00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.960 breakfast for 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.200 them. 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.519 He cared 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.220 about their 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.779 needs even 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.200 more than 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.860 his own 00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:35.080 needs when 00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.500 he was in 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.000 his time 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.460 of deepest 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.940 trouble. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.320 And the 00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.820 list goes 00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:42.740 on and 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.880 on and 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.240 on. 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.720 Suddenly, 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.240 I hope we 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.019 realize that we 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.420 need to go 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.299 back and read 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.980 through all 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.799 the Gospels 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:55.859 again and 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.379 just pay a 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:56.680 little bit 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.460 closer attention 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.200 to how 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.440 Jesus treated 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:01.539 people, how 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.099 he treated 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.619 all his 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.379 followers all 00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:03.839 along the 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.139 way. 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.500 We can't 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.119 just say, 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.200 well, Jesus 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.579 did the 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.200 ultimate and 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.919 died for 00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.500 them and so 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.919 we need to 00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.220 love one 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.740 another really 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.519 deeply, really 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.480 self-sacrificially. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.980 That's true. 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.799 That was the 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.039 greatest demonstration 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.960 of his love. 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:19.660 But there's 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.680 even more to 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.180 how Jesus 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.720 loved his 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.380 disciples than 00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.680 that. 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.259 There's all 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.960 these countless 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.559 ways, some 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.980 of which you 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.700 guys mentioned, 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.000 that he's 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.539 loved them, 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.140 that's leading 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.880 up to that 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.519 moment where 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.380 he gives 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.000 his life for 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.200 them. 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.420 Then we 00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.840 could go and 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.259 read through 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.960 Acts and the 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.299 epistles. 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.960 We could see 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.720 what the 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.559 apostles pointed 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.920 back to in 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.600 their letters 00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:40.420 about how 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.440 Jesus loved 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.220 them and 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.799 taught them 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.500 to love in 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.779 different 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.799 situations, in 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.039 different 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.740 relationships, 00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.379 different 00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:48.139 contexts. 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.980 And so this 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.500 is why I say 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.960 that we really 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.539 have to linger 00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.919 here. 00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.619 We can't just 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.579 breeze past 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:58.119 this thing 00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.940 that defines 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.460 the new 00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.919 command. 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.220 As I have 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.039 loved you, 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:05.000 so you 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.980 must love 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.539 one another. 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.659 I was 00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:08.899 thinking, 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.460 what can we 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.139 do to help 00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:11.440 ourselves see 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.159 that we're 00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.079 not done 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.440 with this 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.740 command? 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.079 I thought 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.559 about printing 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.039 up some 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:16.259 massive 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.639 looking 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.159 bookmarks 00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.500 that just 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.799 had this 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.220 massive 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.839 heart that 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.279 just comes 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.579 right out 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:19.779 of your 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.420 Bible so 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.920 that everywhere 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.759 you go with 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.220 this thing, 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.839 it's like I 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.079 cannot not 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:26.159 see as I 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.619 have loved 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:26.899 you. 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.799 I'm not done 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.200 with that 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.440 yet. 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.519 I need to 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.279 keep learning. 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.879 How have 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.259 you loved 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.379 me, Lord? 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.680 And would 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.379 you teach me 00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.839 to love 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.519 others, the 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.059 people in 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.579 my life like 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.819 that? 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.319 Don't worry, 00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.639 I didn't 00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.119 print those 00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.359 up. 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.460 But maybe 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.819 that would 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.259 help some 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.500 of you. 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.759 I don't 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.019 know. 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.240 might help 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.519 me. 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.400 This 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.920 command to 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.079 love is 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.680 not just a 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.099 once in a 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.680 while thing. 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.619 It's not 00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.220 just a, well 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.539 yeah, I 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:55.980 think I did 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.299 that at 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.859 least once 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:58.119 yesterday sort 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.500 of thing. 00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.079 No. 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.379 It's an 00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.639 everyday, all 00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.339 of your life 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.259 sort of thing. 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.779 Consider for a 00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.139 moment the 00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.759 prayer of Paul 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.119 for the 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.639 Philippians. 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.839 This is what 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.599 Paul prayed as 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.019 he wrote in 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.440 his letter. 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.860 He said, 00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.519 this is my 00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.039 prayer, that 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.820 your love 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:16.299 may abound 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.420 more and 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.559 more in 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.980 knowledge and 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.600 depth of 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:22.279 insight so 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.700 that you may 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.200 be able to 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.840 discern what 00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:25.500 is best and 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.259 may be pure 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.799 and blameless 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:29.920 for the day 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.460 of Christ, 00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.440 filled with the 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.840 fruit of 00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.960 righteousness that 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.660 comes through 00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.660 Jesus Christ 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:36.019 to the glory 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.660 and praise of 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.019 God. 00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.660 Now there's a 00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.160 whole sermon 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.620 right there, 00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.380 but just notice 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.020 for a second 00:24:41.020 --> 00:24:41.760 the language. 00:24:42.760 --> 00:24:43.260 Love for one 00:24:43.260 --> 00:24:43.880 another is not 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.380 something we 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.760 achieve and 00:24:45.760 --> 00:24:46.120 then kind of 00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.820 move on from 00:24:46.820 --> 00:24:48.000 to next things. 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.240 It's something 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.020 that we always 00:24:50.020 --> 00:24:51.340 have room to 00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:51.880 grow in. 00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.580 And there's a 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.220 certain knowledge 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.780 and there's a 00:24:55.780 --> 00:24:56.440 certain depth 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.300 of insight by 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.840 which our 00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:59.500 love increases. 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:02.460 What knowledge, 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.060 what insight 00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:05.100 is that? 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:07.759 it's 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.319 understanding 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.839 more and 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.859 more how 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:12.139 Jesus loved 00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:13.759 people, how 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.859 he loved 00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:17.179 us, you, 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.419 me. 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.359 He's the 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.459 ultimate example 00:25:21.459 --> 00:25:22.419 of God's 00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.279 glorious love. 00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.240 And then there, 00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.539 of course, is the 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.459 ultimate act of 00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:31.339 love which Jesus 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.199 did for us. 00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.399 We talked about 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.880 it already, 00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.880 Charles mentioned 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.140 it. 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.320 He laid down 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.019 his life for 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.320 us. 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.080 He died for 00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.420 us. 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.759 Even as we 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.500 consider this, 00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.920 I mean, we 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.920 can never get to 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:46.280 the bottom of 00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:47.240 just how much 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.320 he loves us. 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.300 He loved us to 00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:51.500 do that for us. 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.000 We could talk 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.940 about how sinful 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.180 and deserving of 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:56.100 God's wrath that 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.519 we are. 00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.220 We could talk 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.560 about how shameful 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.700 and painful his 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.220 suffering was and 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.619 what he endured 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.579 for our sake. 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.059 We could talk 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.639 about all the 00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.700 spiritual blessings 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.460 and the blessings 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.139 of the life to 00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.919 come that Jesus 00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:12.500 wants to give us 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.359 for free. 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.279 Not because we 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.980 deserve them, 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.659 but simply because 00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.579 he loves us. 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.279 All of these 00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.700 required the 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.740 ultimate sacrifice 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:24.519 of the cross. 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.279 His love for us 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.720 is bottomless. 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.519 It's beyond 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.019 measure. 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.579 And Jesus has 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.379 commanded us to 00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.240 love one another 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:37.579 in the same way 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:39.740 as he loved us. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.259 At the very least, 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.139 it means that we 00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.240 love one another 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.619 lavishly, 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.720 extravagantly, 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.660 as deeply as 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.500 his spirit 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.500 enables us 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.200 to do it. 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.299 Forgetting 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.799 ourselves, 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.879 leaving ourselves 00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.879 behind for the 00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.379 sake of one 00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.759 another, 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.420 being there 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.720 with and for 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.339 one another 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.359 right to the 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.700 end, 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.640 even if it's 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.079 costly. 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.700 This is it. 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.519 This is the 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.240 most important 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.099 thing in the 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.759 Christian life, 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.440 except for our 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.019 call to love 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.559 God himself. 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.379 This is it. 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.099 This is 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.519 Christianity 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.480 at its core. 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.119 And in case 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:20.000 we miss the 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.819 importance of it, 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.680 Jesus says it 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.140 twice. 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.599 Love one 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.660 another as I 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.379 have loved you. 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.759 So you must 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.599 love one 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:28.980 another. 00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.220 Why did he 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.980 say it twice? 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.259 Because it's 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.940 too important, 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.799 it's too great 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.559 to just say it 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.039 once. 00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:40.079 Verse 35. 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.259 By this, 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.599 everyone will 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.500 know that you 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.299 are my 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.920 disciples 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.740 if you love 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.200 one another. 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.279 father. 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.160 Actually, 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.500 he just 00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.840 snuck it 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.059 in the 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.580 third time 00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.819 there. 00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.200 What is 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.819 Jesus saying? 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.279 He's saying 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.799 the mark 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.279 of a true 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.779 Christian 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:58.319 is love 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:00.100 for his 00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.720 fellow man. 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.299 There's a 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.819 way that the 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.380 people of the 00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.900 world can 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.819 know that 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.380 you really 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.120 are a true 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.819 follower of 00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.160 Jesus. 00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.960 They will 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.700 see it in 00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.080 the love 00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.400 that you 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:14.480 have for 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.100 other people, 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.600 for one 00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:16.900 another. 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:16.940 another. 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.340 There's a 00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.780 way that the 00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.280 people of 00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:20.540 Davidson and 00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:21.240 this surrounding 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:23.040 community can 00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:24.100 know for 00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:26.460 certain that 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.120 we are true 00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.880 followers of 00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.600 Jesus the 00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.100 Christ. 00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:32.019 Do they see 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.960 it in our 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.440 love for one 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.759 another? 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.660 Or do we 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.220 look much the 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.660 same as the 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.019 rest of 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.519 humanity? 00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.640 Fighting and 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.040 arguing, 00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:44.400 gossiping and 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.880 slandering, 00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:46.880 breaking 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.560 our promises, 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.980 being self 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.420 absorbed, 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.680 splitting and 00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.320 dividing over 00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:52.100 this and that 00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.500 and the other 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.860 thing? 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.440 If that's all 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.220 that people see 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.920 of us, 00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.560 what are they 00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.120 to conclude 00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.740 about us? 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.200 But that we're 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.020 nothing like the 00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:02.260 Jesus that we 00:29:02.260 --> 00:29:02.760 confess. 00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.480 Listen, 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.080 Jesus says 00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.640 there is a 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.020 way for 00:29:08.020 --> 00:29:09.260 people to 00:29:09.260 --> 00:29:09.880 know that 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.980 you are my 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.540 disciple. 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.540 They will 00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:13.540 know because 00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.000 of the way 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.780 that you love 00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.980 and treat 00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.600 other people. 00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.939 they will 00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:18.279 see that the 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.839 way that you 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.619 treat them is 00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.259 out of this 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.619 world. 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.199 It's rare. 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.079 It's 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.679 exceptional. 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.319 It's 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.099 outstanding. 00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.659 They'll think, 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:29.019 man, this 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.019 guy who met me 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.879 just three weeks 00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.779 ago cares more 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.399 about me than 00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.339 my own family 00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:37.459 or my friends. 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.159 I've known for 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.699 years. 00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.079 They're around for 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.679 me when things 00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.199 are good, but 00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:41.759 when things are 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.699 going bad, where 00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.199 are they? 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.600 But this 00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.480 Jesus follower 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.220 who goes to 00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.660 the Bible 00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.259 church is 00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.880 there for me 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.440 through thick 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.920 and thin. 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.220 There's got to 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.640 be more to 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.180 this Jesus 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.059 than I 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.420 originally 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.880 thought. 00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.519 There's so 00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.980 much more 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.720 that we could 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.360 say about all 00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.620 this. 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.200 We could talk 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.779 about how it's 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.500 the spirit of 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.880 Christ living 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.519 in us who 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.960 enables us to 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.900 love like this 00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:09.500 the way that 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.140 Jesus did. 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.640 We could talk 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.120 about what 00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:12.020 love does and 00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:12.920 says and thinks 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.800 towards people in 00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.400 all kinds of 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.060 situations. 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.240 We could talk 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.820 about how 00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:20.759 valuable our 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:22.920 lives are if 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.620 love's missing. 00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:26.220 1 Corinthians 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.740 13. 00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.380 This really is 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.820 one of those 00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.540 things, one of 00:30:29.540 --> 00:30:30.259 those times where 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.300 the whole rest of 00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:32.280 the Bible adds 00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:33.060 to the meaning 00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:34.480 of Jesus' 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.060 command. 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.980 It gives us 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.880 understanding about 00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.200 how we should 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.820 love as we 00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.300 ought to. 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.140 But that's 00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.560 where we all 00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.520 need to be on 00:30:43.520 --> 00:30:43.960 the journey. 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.560 We need to be 00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:45.880 reading. 00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.520 We need to be 00:30:46.520 --> 00:30:47.260 meditating on 00:30:47.260 --> 00:30:48.360 God's word daily 00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.920 so that we can 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.240 grow not just in 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.940 our faith, not 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.380 just in our 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.340 understanding, not 00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.820 just in our 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.520 hope and our 00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:56.500 joy, but in 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:58.360 our love for 00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.840 each other. 00:31:01.280 --> 00:31:01.900 Let's pray. 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:07.040 Lord Jesus, we 00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.540 thank you for 00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:08.380 this command which 00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.840 you speak not 00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.320 just to your 00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.500 disciples then and 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.000 there in the 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.040 room, but to us 00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:14.980 today, all of us 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.580 who believe in 00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.000 your name. 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.240 Give us ears to 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.460 hear. 00:31:19.780 --> 00:31:22.020 Make us truly, 00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.180 deeply loving 00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.680 people. 00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:27.520 Help us to 00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:29.580 give up, to lay 00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:32.440 down our lives in 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.360 whatever ways that 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.260 looks like for each 00:31:34.260 --> 00:31:36.200 one of us to live 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.940 this out, to 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.819 bless the people 00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.480 that you've placed 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.140 in our lives. 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.519 Fill us with your 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.180 Holy Spirit. 00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.299 We ask in Jesus' 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.660 name. 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.340 Amen.