Jesus said there is one simple way that people will know we are His disciples. It is not by the rules we keep, the church buildings where we worship, the clothes we wear, the movies we watch, or the formulas we keep. He said, “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35)

One little word profoundly influences the magnitude of Jesus’ statement: if. If we have love for one another, they will know our love. People will not truly know we are His disciples unless we have love for one another. People notice if we have love because the world does not naturally love well. Yet all of us long to be loved—especially when we do not deserve it.

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