Hard times are coming, and the next generation of young people need to know that the only thing they need to fear is living in fear — cowering and retreating from the glorious gospel that Jesus has equipped you to share with others.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
In Luke 4:18-19 Jesus quoted the words of Isaiah 61:1, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (NIV).
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
