If your life is filled with material possessions and you do not have love you have nothing . These people that walk around speaking christianese without love sound like a A resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. “
Hilken is mistaken, here. Let's go back to the text - biblical context matters. Author and audience. Who's the audience? John 13:34-35 Is directed at disciples. The new command is directed to his disciples, followers, Christians. In the text, that's what "one another" refers to. 1 John repeats the idea, and Matthew 25 (the least of these, my *brothers). The Bible introduces the Church as a new thing. In that context, Jesus (and the Epistles) teach us that a Christian has love for the church. Note the next verse: "by this all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another"
If your life is filled with material possessions and you do not have love you have nothing . These people that walk around speaking christianese without love sound like a A resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. “
Hilken is mistaken, here. Let's go back to the text - biblical context matters. Author and audience.
Who's the audience? John 13:34-35 Is directed at disciples. The new command is directed to his disciples, followers, Christians. In the text, that's what "one another" refers to.
1 John repeats the idea, and Matthew 25 (the least of these, my *brothers). The Bible introduces the Church as a new thing. In that context, Jesus (and the Epistles) teach us that a Christian has love for the church. Note the next verse:
"by this all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another"
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