A New Commandment
How can others know if we are disciples
of Jesus Christ?
In John 13:34-35 Jesus gave a new
commandment to His disciples and told them to love one another as He loves
them. For us, others can know we are Disciples
of Christ by loving them as Jesus loves us.
For example, if someone we knew was made fun of because of the way the
dress, we would go them and make them feel better about themselves as well as
make them feel loved and appreciated. We
would also remind them how Jesus sees them, and how that is the most important
person to view them in a good way, which He does. We would also tell them to ignore the mockers
and that they are not being Christ-like.
Another example of being a disciple of Christ is noticing a new person
at church. We would go up to them and
introduce ourselves. We would try to get
to know the new person and try to make them feel welcomed.
I now come to the question: am I a disciple
of Christ? I believe I am, but I will
work on it to become better. I will use
my husband as training. I’ll make him
feel better about himself when he feels down.
I will often remind him of God’s love for him and how I believe He views
Him. I will avoid arguing with Him. I will make him feel loved. That should be a good start! I think it would be good if I did some of
that with the ladies I visit teach to help them see their value in God.
I challenge anyone who reads this to choose a
person and start being a disciple of Christ to them, to love them as He loves
us.
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