Here’s the last of our “Best of 2016” posts. I hope you
enjoyed the blog this year and hope that you will continue to use it as we
prepare for worship each week. I use the tag line “We’ll see you on Sunday!”
because I truly hope that I will see each and every one of you here for church
on Sunday. It may be that you are too far from Aledo to join us here, but you
are not too far from some church that preaches the Word of God…so go! And one
of these Sundays perhaps I will see you here in Aledo…or perhaps even in the
greatest eternal church service ever…in heaven!
We’ll see you on Sunday!
Yesterday we touched on the fact that God is seeking
followers who will love like Jesus loved. We noticed in John chapter 13 that
Jesus washed His disciples' feet, a task that was reserved for the lowest
servant. Jesus even washed Judas Iscariot's feet...the man who He knew was
going to betray Him later that night.
Now I touched on this a bit in my sermon, but I wanted
to expound on this just a bit in this blog post. Namely, that Jesus' love didn't
stop with just those who loved Him and treated Him with respect and dignity. He
loved Judas, even to the point of serving him by washing his feet (John
13:1-28). He loved His captors even to the point of healing one who had been
injured (Luke 22:49-51). He loved those who crucified Him even to the point of
forgiving their sins (Luke 23:33).
So what does this mean for us? Simply this: showing love
to our neighbors, families, even our enemies, doesn't stop...no matter what. We
are to love the way Jesus loved. He showed love by laying down His life for His
friends, yes, but He also laid down His life for His enemies as well. Jesus'
death and His life was for all people. Men and women; Americans, Muslims,
Mexicans, Canadians, Brits, and all other people groups of the earth; Black,
White, Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern and all other skin colors; His life and
death and were for ALL of them. So when we live our lives, when we love through
our service, sacrifice and smile, we should do so for all people everywhere.
Love like Jesus...there is no greater way to show the
world that you are His disciple!
We'll see you on Sunday!
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