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By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.

John 13:35

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See how they love one another

Jesus gives his disciples no uniform, no badge and no secret sign. How will the world recognise them? By the way they treat one another.

Around the year 200 the church father Tertullian wrote that outsiders said of the Christians: see how they love one another. Together they cared for the poor, orphans, the elderly and prisoners. The strongest argument for the faith wasn't a debate, but a community.

Question for today

How could people tell that I belong to Jesus?

Prayer

Lord Jesus, let your love become visible in how we treat each other. Start with me. Amen.

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