Tuesday, July 25, 2006
John 13:31-35
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (ESV)
by Linda Harris
Do you remember the song, “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”? Do people know that you are a Christian by your love? Examine your life today and see if your Christianity shines out through your actions. For instance, how do you act when people cut you off in traffic? Do you call them “idiots,” or do you give them the benefit of the doubt, that they may not have seen you? Does your “Christian behavior” disappear when you walk in the door of your home? Does your family know you are a Christian by your love?
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.
