WWJD Day 7 - “This is My Commandment”

““This is my commandment,  that you love one another  as I have loved you.  Greater love has no one than this,  that someone lay down his life for his friends.  You are my friends  if you do what I command you.” John 15:12-14 ESV Jesus speaks clearly here on many things in one small section.  He is giving us a commandment:  love one another How do we do this?  Just like He loved you What is the greatest love?  To lay down your life for your friend Who are you?  Jesus considers you His friend If… you do what i command you (See above for commandment lol) Many things to think about We all love - people, pets, hobbies, pizza, etc… Do we love on another? Do we even want to or have the desire to? Do we love like Jesus loved? How did/does Jesus love? Sacrificially and selflessly But, before He selflessly became the sacrificed lamb of God and died for our sins He lived in complete obedience to God because He loved Him This is love Jesus calls you His friend if you do what He commands To love others like He loves you Sacrificially and selflessly  Do you consider Jesus your friend? Do you consider yourself a friend of Jesus? If you are a friend of Jesus and you consider Him a friend, then living a life that you laid down before Him is the only way He didn’t ask you here to die for Him but to live for Him To lay down your life before Him To give your life for Him This is love If you are His friend Love like He loves you What commandment would be needed after that? What does it matter if this is not first kept? If love is not the foundation, the work is built on you, not Him Let His love be the foundation of your life