Jesus could not have said it more clearly than He did in this verse. It is love for one another that would be the distinguishing factor for the world to know who belonged to Jesus. It was their gifting, or how much they accomplished. Love for Jesus and love for those around them in the body of Christ and those needing Jesus.
Is it any different in our day? Over 2000 years later? Has the message changed? No. Can it be then that the reason there is so much division, disunity, and dissension in the church is because of the fact that through LOVE for ONE ANOTHER the world would be convinced that Jesus is Lord? The enemy of our souls hates love, he hates unity and everything associated with Jesus's words. The enemy comes to seek, kill and destroy genuine and sincere love. He cannot stand it when love wins.
Our challenge as radical Jesus followers today is to take Love to the next level. What I mean is that if we truly and deeply loved one another then real change would occur. People would start to be won over because of love. The world would see such a stark contrast in this love for one another compared to the lust or conditional love. It is time that our love be purified and refined. Let our love be sincere without hypocrisy! There is no mask in sincere love. This love lives in absolute union with God and man. This is what we are after. This is what God is looking for in His bride. A radiant church is one that has learned to LOVE ONE ANOTHER deeply and sincerely.
Let our roots run deep in love.
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