The Instruction Of Agape – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

John 13:23 (KJV); Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

Throughout the gospel of John, the apostle calls himself, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.”

Neither Matthew, Luke nor Mark say it.

The word used therein for love is agapé. This agapé is the highest form of love and is the very love with which God loves man.

Therefore, John had a revelation of the master’s love for him.

What was the result?

At the cross, Jesus hands the responsibility for his mother to John and not to any of the other disciples or even his brothers. This was because he understood agapé (John 19:26-27).

When Christ was raised from the dead and the disciples were told this news, the Bible says that Peter and John ran to the tomb but John outrun him (John 20:3-5).

This is because agapé quickens any man who has understood God in that revelation.

It is no wonder that in his subsequent books, John writes deeply on love; it is he that reveals that God is love (1 John 4:8).

It is also of little wonder that it is he who writes the book of revelation because God is most revealed to us in agapé.

When you understand agapé, hidden manna, deeper revelations and insights into the person of God become your portion.

Grow in the consciousness of God’s unconditional love for you; respond to this very love because in responding to love, you respond to Him.

FURTHER STUDY: John 20:3-5, John 19:26-27

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Grow in the consciousness of God’s unconditional love for you; respond to this very love because in responding to love, you respond to Him.

PRAYER: Father God, I thank you for your boundless love toward me. I know that nothing can separate me from that love, not things present and not things to come. I stand in the boldness of one who is accepted in the beloved of the Lord and confident that this love is the reason I stand. I receive and respond to it every day and choose to bask in it every moment of my life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.