LOVE ONE ANOTHER
BOB INGLE
FEB 8, 2026
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.” John 15:12-17 (ESV)
Jesus’ Command to Love Fellow Believers Is…
1. PERSONAL in Its Depth
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12 (ESV)
Feelings respond to circumstances; actions respond to conviction.
“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 1 John 3:18 (NLT)
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15 (ESV)
Jesus’ Command to Love Fellow Believers Is…
2. SACRIFICIAL in Its Cost
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 (ESV)
The cross tells us that true love is not convenient, comfortable, or cheap.
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” 1 John 3:16 (NIV)
Jesus’ Command to Love Fellow Believers Is…
3. MISSIONAL in Its Purpose
Christianity is not a holding tank; it’s a launching pad.
“You are my friends if you do what I command you.” John 15:14 (ESV)
“You did not choose me, but I chose you…” John 15:16a (ESV)
“and appointed you that you should GO…” John 15:16b (ESV)
Grace found us so that grace could flow through us.
“and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide…” John 15:16c (ESV)
“These things I command you, so that you will love one another.” John 15:17 (ESV)