Day 2159– The Gospel of John – 27 –Agape Authentic Love – Daily Wisdom

Welcome to Day 2159 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom The Gospel of John – 27 – What is Your A.Q. – Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message – 08/07/2022 The Gospel of John – Part 4 Confirmation Of The Word – Agape: Authentic Love   Today we continue our series, the Good News according to John the Apostle. Last week, we saw Jesus behind closed doors with His disciples as they proceeded with the Passover meal. Jesus abruptly announced that one of them would betray him. He was teaching us lessons of acceptance. How do we accept those who have hurt or betrayed us? While we may not condone another person’s lifestyle because they are not living according to Biblical precepts, we are to show love and acceptance to them, regardless. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, it bears repeating. If you claim you love Jesus, then you must also love Judas. After washing Judas’s feet, placing him at the privileged position to His left at the meal, and offering fellowship to Judas by handing him food, we see that Judas’s heart is unchanged. 27As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him, 30he went out, and it was night. Our scripture for today is John 13:18-30, starting on page 1674 in the pew Bible. Behind those closed doors at the Passover meal, Jesus turns to the remaining 11 disciples and teaches them of: Agape: Authentic Love. Follow along as I read. 31 When he (Judas) was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him,[c] God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” 36 Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.” 37 Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!   In 1970, Francis Schaeffer wrote The Mark of the Christian, a tiny volume with a weighty message. You will not find anything about bumper stickers, fish emblems, lapel crosses, or cleverly marketed bracelets. For that matter, you won’t read a word about biblical doctrine or church membership. Instead, the book is about the one true mark of a Christian: love.  ...