Sermon 2015-05-10
Today, we are confronted with the commandment that Jesus gives to his disciples. This includes you. “To love one another as I have loved you.” Now stop to think about that. It is a short sentence. One that can easily be overlooked. Yet, here is the mantra that we are called to live by. To live like Jesus did within this world. However, for us, it is impossible. For no one can accomplish this. Yet this is what we are called to do and to strive for each day. Now hearing that it is impossible, we may want to simply say, well then let’s forget it. God is setting us up to fail. However, when we stop and think of the whole life and faith of Jesus Christ, we are shown and bear witness to the extent that God is willing to go for each and every one of us. We can not take this one line and use it as the whole Gospel, for it is truly the Law, calling us to do something that we can not do. When we look at the whole of chapter 15, we look at the whole life of Jesus Christ and our own li...