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Love -- The Only Absolute Commandment
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Sermons on the Second Readings
Series II, Cycle B
Love is central to the New Testament message. Jesus called his followers to practice love. Paul said love is the single indispensable ingredient of the Christian life. That great theological summary of the gospel in the work of John declares, "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son into the world so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Similarly, our text from 1 John joins in this call to love, for love is the vital matter of Christian life and living.