Wednesday, May 1, 2013

They’ll know we are Christians by our love. Or not.

Why do we judge Jesus’ criterion for authentic discipleship irrelevant? Jesus said the world is going to recognize you as he is by only one sign: the way you are with one another on the street every day. You are going to leave people feeling a little better or a little worse. You’re going to affirm them or deprive them, but there’ll be no neutral exchange. If we as a Christian community took seriously that the sign of our love for Jesus is our love for one another, I am convinced it would change the world. We’re denying to the world the one witness Jesus asked for: Love one another as I’ve loved you. (John 15:12) – Brennan Manning, The Furious Longing of God

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