Reference

John 13:33-35

John 13:33–35 (NKJV)

“33 Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Two Commands, Two Covenants

The Great Commandment

Matthew 22:36–40 (NKJV) “‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ... ‘And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.’”
C. The New Commandment – The Law of Christ

The Divine Standard of Love

Matthew 5:44–45 (NKJV) "Love your enemies... that you may be sons of your Father in heaven..." Knowing God Through Love
1 John 4:7- 11 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:7-8 (NKJV) “Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

Living the Law of Christ in Teaching

• 1 Timothy 1:5 (NKJV) “The goal of this command is love from a pure heart…”

• Galatians 6:2 – “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:21 – “...not without law toward God, but under the law toward Christ...”

What Love Looks Like in Action

Love Produces Living 1 Tim. 6:11 – "Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love..."

Love Transforms the Church

Walking in Love by the Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:6 (NKJV) "...not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."
Galatians 5:18 – “If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.” The Old Covenant
Romans 7:6 – “We serve in the new way of the Spirit...”
Love Requires Abiding in

The New Covenant Command That Changes

Love Is the Greatest 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
The One Command That Governs All
2 John 1:5–6 (NKJV) – "Walk in love." 1 John 3:23 – “This is His command: believe in Christ and love one another.”