Daily Bread

1. Remain in Jesus' love (9-14)

Jesus loves us, just as the Father loves Jesus. We remain in Jesus' love just as Jesus remained in God's love- by keeping his commands. Jesus' greatest command was this- to love each other. How do we love each other? Jesus loved us by giving his life for us. There is no lover greater than this. And we should lay down our lives for our friends (fellow believers). Jesus is not asking us to commit suicide for our friends. But we can love them this way by serving them wholeheartedly in Christ. When we love like this, we can experience true joy, just as Jesus did.

2. Jesus calls us friends (15-17)

Jesus called his disciples friends, not his servants. Servants don't know their master's business. Jesus' disciples know his business. Jesus called them friends, and he made known the Father to them. Then Jesus reiterated to his disciples to bear fruit in him and to love each other. This love of others is the fruit Jesus and the Father want.