Love?

Love is the hinge pin that makes the gospel work.  Had God not loved us enough, he would not have sent his son.  Had Jesus not loved us enough, he would not have died. 

So what do they ask of us?  Jesus commanded us in John 15;12 that we are to love others as he loved us.  Ponder that a moment.  In Matthew he commanded that we love our neighbor as ourself.  Personally I like the passage in John better.  This is not to say that one part of the Bible is better than another.  I think I just relate to it better.  In Matthew we are loving as much as we love ourselves, but in John that love is to surpass it to a love that is equal to what Jesus had for us.  Only he loved enough to give up his life for us. 

This means that we are to love our neighbors so much that we would be willing to sacrifice ourself for them. 

How can you sacrifice today for another person?