Jesus says to his church to love one another even as I have loved you. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples. God gives the world permission to come and exam the church, to see this love, this same love. Then and only then, can you know they are my disciples. The problem is we try to have God's love for us do a "U" turn. It's like trying to push the water back up the water hose. We get very high on saying how much we love Jesus. That's included, but love must have a reaching out. So Jesus gives us the parable of the "Good Samaritan".
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