Tuesday, January 15

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
                                                                                                                                    John 13:34, 35 

To me, this is the bottom line of Christianity: love one another.  If we won't do that, we're just Pharisees taking the easy way out.  

Easy?  With all those laws and dogmatic rules?  

Jesus tells us to love others as we love ourselves, to go the extra mile, to share what we have with the poor, to forgive those who hurt us.  Jesus tells us to care for those we might prefer to ignore, to welcome those we want to turn away, to embrace those we wish to reject. 

Yes, I think it's a lot easier to follow rules than to follow Jesus's law of love.  Being Christian is not for sissies!