Love one another

By a Guest Blogger
  
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another …
John 13:34

Love one another?  You mean me?  Love other Christians? 

Well, of course I love them - I’m far too mature a Christian to fall at such a basic hurdle! - but that doesn’t mean I have to commit to spending time with them  ~  … not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some … Hebrews 10:25

I do love them; I just don’t like them very much  ~  … love one another fervently with a pure heart –  1 Peter 1:22

I love them up to a point, but if they offend me they won’t get a second chance  ~  … with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love – Ephesians 4:1-2

Yes, I love them, but it’s important to get your doctrine right, and if I’m right then it gives me the right to be harsh and judgmental  ~ … love as brothers, be tender-hearted, be courteous – 1 Peter 3:8

Well, I love these particular Christians because we have lots in common.  You know, similar age, same interests, even the same number of kids … We’re from a similar background and we face the same kinds of pressures in life so we can understand each other … And we like the same kind of music …  The Christians down the road are too old/boring/straight-laced/young/trendy/middle class …  ~ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus – Galatians 3:28
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… as I have loved you, that you also love one another. – John 13:34