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John 13:31-35
Man’s concept of love is often shallow and fleeting.
Just think of the flippant expressions of “I love you” we commonly hear.
or even, I love chocolate, etc.
There exists, however, a profound and enduring kind of love.
Jesus Christ demonstrated the highest example of love the world has ever known through His life and sacrifice.
As Christians, we are called to emulate the love of Christ.
The Greeks have different words for expressing various kinds of love.
Eros describes physical love
Phileo refers to brotherly love
The love that Jesus calls us to, however, is a higher love known as agape—a selfless and unconditional love.
Maybe you have experienced a relationship that was short-lived.
You realized later that the relationship was based on a superficial kind of love.
The truth is emotional love wears off.
A husband was coming out of anesthesia after undergoing a surgery in the hospital.
His eyes fluttered open and noticing his wife sitting beside him, he muttered, “You are beautiful.”
Flattered, the wife continued the vigil.
Later, the husband woke up again and said, “You are cute!”
“What happened to beautiful?”
asked the wife.
“The drugs are wearing off,” came the husband’s reply.
Emotional love may be fleeting, but a Christlike love lasts forever.
In the first twelve chapters of John's Gospel, the author covers Jesus’ earthly ministry.
The next seven chapters focus on Jesus’ final twenty-four hours on the earth.
Jesus knew that His death was imminent.
He would soon have to undergo terrible torture and bear the wrath of God for men’s sins.
Despite the agony that lay before Him, Jesus was still interested in investing in His disciples.
He gathered them into an upper room, and in His final instructions, He gave them a new commandment to love one another.
Three events were about to take place in this upper room:
The Passover Feast
The disciples gathered to celebrate the Passover, an annual memorial of God’s deliverance of Israel from their slavery in Egypt.
When God judged Egypt with the death of the firstborn, He commanded the Israelites to kill a perfect lamb and smear its blood on their doors so that their firstborn would be spared.
The passover signified the power of Jesus’ blood to save us from the death of sin.
The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet
Following the Passover feast, Jesus washed His disciples feet (John 13:4-10).
His demonstration of humility and love established Him as the model of servant leadership.
The Institution of the Last Supper
Finally, Jesus institutes the last supper with the bread and cup (Luke 22:19-20), which represented His body and blood.
This ordinance was meant to remind believers of Christ and His work on Calvary.
After these three events that occured in that upper room, Jesus began to teach His disciples, we see first...
I.
The Proclamation of Christ
Notice in verses 31-33 of our text that as the time of His death draws near, Jesus proclaims that He, the Messianic Son of man, is now glorified.
He spoke first of all of ...
A. His Death
Jesus’ glorification would begin with His death on the cross.
In verse 33 of our text, Jesus tells his disciples, “Yet a little while I am with you.”
After being with His disciples all the of these years and performing many miracles with them it was time for Jesus to go to the cross of Calvary.
Warren Wiersbe said, “From the human perspective, the death of Christ was a dastardly deed involving unspeakable suffering and humiliation, but from the divine perspective, it was the revelation of the glory of God.”
During that moment, with Christ on the cross, the whole world would see that there was a Messiah who came to shed His blood for the sins of men so that they all might be saved.
Jesus has offered Himself as the covering for the sins of the world.
Is it not amazing that even today, two thousand years after the death of Christ, the cross still serves as a symbol of victory, not defeat?
When we see an empty cross, we are reminded that we are on the winning side because Christ has risen and is in Heaven!
so, we see His Death, secondly we see...
B. His Deity
When Christ speaks of His glorification, He is referring to His deity or identity.
He is declaring that that the world will see Him as He is — the true Son of God.
The Bible is clear that Jesus Christ is eternal in nature, but he took on the form of man.
Jesus is the eternal Word.
But in the womb of that virgin, deity became wrapped in humanity.
God took on human flesh that He might die on the cross.
Bear in mind that from the manger to the cross, Jesus never ceased being God.
In Romans 1:4 we read that Jesus declares His glory in being God.
The American statesman, Daniel Webster, was invited to dinner with some distinguished literary men in Boston.
During the dinner the conversation turned to Christianity, and Webster clearly stated his belief in the deity of Christ and his dependence upon the atonement.
One man said to him, “Mr.
Webster, can you comprehend how Christ could be both God and man?”
Mr. Webster promptly replied, “No, sir, I cannot comprehend it.
If I could comprehend Him, He would be no greater than myself.
I feel that I need a super-human Saviour.”
We may not understand the deity of Christ, but we are surely grateful that God became man, dwelt among us, and went to Calvary.
It is only because Christ was both God and man that His blood covers the sins of the world.
Only God could be so loving as to die on a cross and so powerful as to rise again on from then grave.
Not only was Christ God who became man, but He also glorified the Father.
Verse 32 tells us that God was glorified in and through Christ.
Christ’s work on the cross, obedience to the Father’s will, and the display of God’s nature brought great glory to the Father.
Every step Jesus took was with the desire to glorify God.
What about you?
Are you living your life to glorify God or to glory of self?
We will not obey Christ’s command to love one another if we are living for our own glory.
We must be living for the glory of God.
I.
The Proclamation of Christ
Secondly notice with me this morning...
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The Exhortation to the Church
As the time for His death on the cross drew near, Jesus had some final words for His disciples.
A. The Command to Love
Before leaving the upper room with His disciples, Jesus tells them in verse 34, “A new commandment I give unto you, That Ye love one another.”
The word commandment is an authoritative prescription.
He had the authority, and with that he told them exactly what He wanted them to do.
We need to realize that loving one another is not an option—it is imperative,
If we are not loving each other in a Christ-like way, we are disobeying a direct order.
Jesus wants us to follow His example of how to love,
Not only does Jesus want us to love others the way He did, but He also wants us to have the right motivation for loving.
What is our love toward others?
Is it just a performance?
Or maybe something we do simply to check off our list?
We ought to love others because the love of Christ flows through us.
That is the only right motivation for loving.
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