When you reflect on who he is and what he’s done for you, no other can be compared to him. We love our friends because of their character, because of what they’ve done for us. And we love him even though we’ve never physically seen him. We’ve never seen Jesus but we believe he’s real. That’s where faith comes into play in the Christian life. But, it is possible to love that which you have never seen. You cannot love that which does not exist. You cannot love an unknown object or person. I say that because you cannot love that which is unknown. So as the cliché goes, "You pray for me and I’ll pray for you cause that’s the way God’s children do.” I don’t have time to be all in your business and giving my opinion where it isn’t warranted because God is still working on me. Listen, I have discovered that when I try to just take care of me I got enough to deal with as it is. I Thessalonians 4:11 says, “Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands.” But Jesus didn’t ask you about somebody else his question was personal do you love me. Jesus makes it’s personal and far too often we’re in somebody else’s relationship with God. And don’t give me the excuse well Reverend I ain’t Jesus because he said in the 12th verse of this chapter the same works I do you shall do and even greater. Not only that but Jesus will never tell you to do something that he himself hasn’t already done. You may not want to do it, but he doesn’t give impossible demands. And the thing I like about is Jesus will never tell you to do something that you can’t do. But, if you love Jesus then you got to keep his commandments and one of his commandments was to love those who can stand you. There are some who rejoice in your misfortune. There are some people waiting for you to fall in the trap they laid for you. When you read the next chapter, chapter 15, you hear Jesus say, “If the world hate you, know that it hated me before it hated you.” Jesus knew everybody didn’t love him, and don’t you fool yourself everybody don’t love you either. As matter of fact one of his own disciples at this moment in the text was out betraying him for some money. Jesus was implying he knew everybody didn’t love him. Notice how Jesus begins by saying, “If.” If – meaning indefinite. But in the words of our text Jesus reminds them as he reminds us if you really love me, you’ll show it by keeping my commandments. Meaning every sentence would be stored up in the hearts & minds of the disciples so that even when he was gone, they would still remember and do what thus said the Lord.Īnd the disciples thought that feeling sorry for his departure showed their true love for Christ. Therefore, every word that Jesus spoke carried with it a particular meaning for this was in essence Jesus farewell speech to his disciples. By tomorrow morning he would be hanging on a cross paying for the sins of the world. For this night was Christ last night on earth. Out of all of the nights they had spent together this night would be the most significant. He has already washed the disciples feet. Christ has already instituted the Lord’s Supper. Jesus and his disciples are in the upper room. For our Communion Meditation lets look together in the book of St.
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