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Jesus said in John 13:34-35: | Jesus said in John 13:34-35: | ||
:''A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. | :''A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Jn 13:34–35.</ref>'' | ||
He also said in Luke 6:32-36: | He also said in Luke 6:32-36: | ||
:''If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. | :''If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Lk 6:32–36.</ref>'' | ||
=What should we look for?= | =What should we look for?= | ||
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Paul told us: | Paul told us: | ||
Galatians 5:6 | |||
:''The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ga 5:6.</ref> | :''The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ga 5:6.</ref> | ||
1 Corinthians 8:2-3 | |||
:''Knowledge puffs up but Love builds up. | :''Knowledge puffs up but Love builds up. | ||
:''If anyone thinks he has arrived at knowledge, he does not yet know as he ought to know; | :''If anyone thinks he has arrived at knowledge, he does not yet know as he ought to know; | ||
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:''If anyone loves, this one truly knows.<ref>Gordon D. Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987), 367.</ref> | :''If anyone loves, this one truly knows.<ref>Gordon D. Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987), 367.</ref> | ||
I Corinthians 13 | |||
:''If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. | :''If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. | ||
:''If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. | :''If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. | ||
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=How does love manifest itself?= | =How does love manifest itself?= | ||
Paul is clear as to what love looks like: | |||
:''The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” y and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ro 13:9–10.</ref>'' | |||
Love without truth really isn’t love. Don’t make promises you can’t keep. Don’t exaggerate. Be accurate. Be fair. Live with integrity. Don’t have levels of honesty. Your “yes” and your “no” are oaths before the presence of God.<ref>Timothy J. Keller, The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive (New York City: Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2013).</ref> | Love without truth really isn’t love. Don’t make promises you can’t keep. Don’t exaggerate. Be accurate. Be fair. Live with integrity. Don’t have levels of honesty. Your “yes” and your “no” are oaths before the presence of God.<ref>Timothy J. Keller, The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive (New York City: Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2013).</ref> | ||
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