John Chapters 13-14

1) Are there limitations to how far you will go when it comes to showing love to others?  Who is someone that has received all of your love?  How did Jesus show us His love?

2) Is there someone that is walking alongside of you as you journey through life?  What are some things that you lean on that person to do along the way?

3) “I love you, but I won’t listen to you.”  Do these go together?  How are love and obedience connected?

John 13 marks the beginning of the end of Jesus’ time with His followers.  These final chapters of John take us from the Last Supper to the cross and then the resurrection.  Each step of the way we find Jesus indicating the full extent of His love (13:1).  His final words and His final actions all show us the unconditional nature of His love for us.

Jesus had been with His disciples for three years.  As He was preparing to leave, He promised that they would not be alone.  He refers to the Holy Spirit as another Counselor (14:15) – a word that means “called to one’s side; called to one’s aid.”  God’s presence in our lives continues today through the Holy Spirit (14:17).

Jesus clearly shows the relationship between love and obedience in 14:23.  Here we see that love is not an emotional issue, but rather something intensely practical and very active.  To God, and to others, we show our love by what we do.