A New Command of Love (Lent 38, ,2024)

Jesus is one day closer to His Crucifixion and takes time for an act of service and the giving of a new command to love each other as He has loved us.

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34)

This is also what the Crucifixion means:  as God’s Image-bearers we most visibly bear the Image of God when we love and serve each other.

Exercise: Read “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 19:18) Ponder ways in which this old command is raised by Jesus to a new level.