Jesus stated, «By this shall all men know ye are
my disciples if ye have love one to another.»
Not exact matches
Jesus» definition of a Christian: «By this shall all men know ye are my
disciples,
if ye
have love one to another.»
Luke 6:35 But
love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing... John 13:35 By this shall all men know that you are my
disciples,
if you
have... Ephesians 5:1 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children; 1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains....
By this shall ALL men know that you are my
disciples,
if you
have love one to another.
In the Book of John, Jesus defined Christians this way, «By this shall all men know ye are my
disciples,
if ye
have love one to another.»
There is no being known
has a
disciple if you aren't known for your
love.
On the night before his violent death, Jesus said, «By this everyone will know that you are my
disciples,
if you
have love for one another» Could the
disciples have known on Thursday night of Passover week that on another day, «one another»
would include followers of Jesus in every nation on earth?
By this everyone will know that you are my
disciples,
if you
have love for one another.»
I am reading your newest posts to your oldest.I
have never been to bible school but I consider myself in the journey of education concerning the bible.more than any opinions that you
have what concerns me most is how «brothers and sisters» through their comments responds to someone who thinks differently from what is perceived as absolutes (not sure
if that's the right term) in scripture.I wonder did the apostle believe half the things that are seen as church doctirine today?how did the
disciples who did not
have the new testament or the ability to read follow Jesus?I appreciate your questioning.In my experience we are too quick to try and fix someone or use the scriptures as a control mechanism and to slow to practise empathy and
love..
In the Socratic conception the teacher's
love would be merely that of a deceiver
if he permitted the
disciple to rest in the belief that he really owed him anything, instead of fulfilling the function of the teacher to help the learner become sufficient to himself.
And John, the beloved
disciple wrote, «
If anyone
has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's
love abide in him?
A very important lesson by Jesus is given in John 13:35: «By this all men will know you are My
disciples,
if you
have love for one another.»
By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples,
if ye
have love one to another.»
«By this shall all men know you are my
disciples,
if you
have love one for another.»
It seems that in your view, Jesus didn't actually mean what He told the
disciples in the Upper Room, for
if there is a dark side to God, it was certainly hidden in Jesus during His ministry, which means that when Jesus tells Philip, «If you have seen me, you have seen the Father» what He really meant was «You haven't fully seen the Father, only the loving side.&raqu
if there is a dark side to God, it was certainly hidden in Jesus during His ministry, which means that when Jesus tells Philip, «
If you have seen me, you have seen the Father» what He really meant was «You haven't fully seen the Father, only the loving side.&raqu
If you
have seen me, you
have seen the Father» what He really meant was «You haven't fully seen the Father, only the
loving side.»
By this all will know that YOU are my
disciples,
if YOU
have love among yourselves.»
I will remember to pray for my enemies and to
love my neighbour and to practice these ways of the
disciple as
if Jesus meant them because I
have a hunch he did mean them when he said them.
If it really has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope, love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more if I thought about i
If it really
has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that
have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope,
love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the
disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more
if I thought about i
if I thought about it.
If you are at all interested in learning more about how and why people who
love Jesus — why long time faithful
disciples who
have a high view of Scripture with a deeply Christian ethic around sexuality — are arriving at this conclusion, I
would commend to you a season of bible study and theological reading and prayer in company with the Holy Spirit and the body of Christ.
(John 13:34 - 35) «By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples,
if ye
have love one to another.»
«
If you were of the world, the world
would love its own,» he tells the
disciples; «but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.»
I am convinced that the church as a whole
would be more effective in completing the Great Commissions of making
disciples of all the nations,
if we were more effective at carrying out the great commandment of
loving God and
loving one another.
John 13:35 «By this everyone will know that you are My
disciples,
if you
have love for one another.»