Love One Another…

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

The day before Good Friday is called "Maundy Thursday." It comes from the Latin mandatum (commandment). It was that day, after Jesus had washed his disciples' feet, that he said, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another."

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King Theodore of Abyssinia once took a British subject named Cameron prisoner and incarcerated him in the high fortress of Magdala. No cause was stated for his confinement. When Great Britain found out, she demanded an immediate release of her citizen. King Theodore refused.

Within days Great Britain sent several thousand soldiers by ship to Magdala. After marching across an unfriendly country for many miles, they attacked the fortress and rescued that one British subject.

This expedition took several months and cost the English government twenty-five million dollars. The entire resources of the government were made available in the rescue of only one citizen.

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Similarly, because of God's great love for us, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, from heaven to earth to rescue you and me from the prison of eternal death, which we actually deserved, by dying in our place to pay the judgment price for our sins.

However, on the day before Jesus suffered an excruciating and agonizing death by being crucified, he gave his disciples and followers a new commandment and that was "that we love one another." This he demonstrated for us on the cross at Calvary.

With tireless regularity Easter comes around year after year as a powerful reminder to all the world that Jesus, the Son of God, loved us so much that He gave us full and free pardon and the gift of eternal life.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED...IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

Stay Blessed!