Holiness: Living DistinctivelySample

"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 Love Is Distinctive: Jesus taught the disciples that love was a distinguishing factor. When the Early Church began to spread throughout the world, the Christians were recognized for their acts of charity and the love that was manifested among the believers. In Luke 6:32-33 and 35, Jesus emphasized the difference between the love of believers and the love of the world. "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same...But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil." Question: How is your love life? Challenge: Strive to show love to those who do not express love to you.