Needed: (Optional:
The Visual Bible)
Show the passage from The Visual Bible if
you have it. If not, skip down to the reading.
Have your students take turns reading John
13:31-35.
What does Jesus mean when He tells us to love one another?
Is Jesus saying we should all feel emotionally mushy toward
one another?
Love is sometimes emotional, but more than that, love is a
decision; love is action. You can decide to love someone by being good to them
even if you don’t feel emotional toward them. Showing love the way Jesus means
is what you do and how you behave toward someone, not how you feel toward
someone.
Jesus says people will know we are His disciples if we show
this kind of love toward each other. How will showing this kind of love help
people know we are Jesus’ followers?
When we are good to other people and show love toward them
by what we do and how we behave, we are acting like Jesus. Jesus always put
other people first and did good to them even if He didn’t really like them.
If we show that kind of love to each other, then people know
we are Jesus’ disciples because we will be acting how He acted.
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