Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 15:9-17
by: Dale Rood.
To say love is commanded is not a grit your teeth and gut it out sort of thing. It is a thing that flows from abiding in Jesus’ love. It comes out of being a friend of God as opposed to being a servant of God (v.15). Yes, we are to be servants, but here we are focusing not so much on the obligation to serve as the motivation to serve. Jesus in His teaching and His death and life gives us motivation to love, power to love, and the model for love. “As the Father loved me, I also have I loved you” (v.9).