The Mark of a Christian

John 13:35 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Pastor Kennedy explains that the Apostle Paul is telling us in Philippians 1:27 that we are to live lives “worthy of the Gospel of Christ.” Included in that notion is that we are to live lives of love. Jesus even said that people will know that you belong to Him if you love one another. As Francis Schaeffer said, love for each other is “the mark of the Christian.” How will the world know we belong to Jesus? Because of our love.

Matthew 5:43-45 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

Kennedy goes on to state that it is easy to love the lovely, to love the loving, but God loves the God-haters and poured out his life for them. And so we are called upon to show that kind of a loving attitude towards people who may not be the type of persons whom the ordinary individual would go out of their way to love.

May God give us the grace to show more love, even to the unlovable. In God’s strength and by His love, we love.

God of love, give us strength for today that we may truly love Your bride, the church. Thank you for loving us. Let Your love so fill our hearts that others may also benefit from it. Help us to be more like You.

Blessings in Christ.