JESUS the great action Hero! - Buhay Amerika at iba pa!
Channel: Simbang Pinoy
Date: 20/10/2019

Jesus, the great action Hero!

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” – John 13:34-35

Important Learning:

Jesus’ super power is Love…
1. Love is a CHOICE
2. Love is COSTLY
3. Love is ACTION

LOVE IS MORE THAN A FEELING, IT’S A COMMITMENT AND A CHOICE. 

Love is a choice. It transcends feelings. Some people think that showing love when they don’t feel like it is hypocrisy. In reality, loving others despite our emotions and despite our object of love is obedience! If you wait for feelings, they will never come. Obedience comes first, and then the feelings will usually follow.

It is easy for us to love the lovable, but the real challenge is to love the unlovable.

LIFE IS NOT GOVERN BY FEELINGS, YOU ARE GOVERN OF DOING WHAT IS RIGHT. 

Jesus invites us to love not just in words but in actions. He gave us a classic example of how to practice love in Luke 10.

Love is action. It is costly, it is a choice. The Samaritan laid aside his personal agendas and was willing to be inconvenienced. It took him time to clean the man’s wounds and to bandage him. Loving can be expensive. It cost the Samaritan his wine, oil, and 2 denarii to pay for the inn.

Loving can be very risky. The Samaritan exposed himself to the robbers that might be hiding somewhere. Some of us have been hurt by people and have become hardened by pain. You refuse to open up yourself to others again, in order to protect yourself. Friends, it is impossible to obey Jesus’ command without taking the risks of loving.

Take away:

We were not commanded to love in our own strength but to depend on Jesus. “We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) Jesus is our standard of love. And this is how He showed His love for us: “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) Apart from God’s grace, we cannot love others like Jesus did.

We have to accept God’s love first before we can love others. The next step is to obey despite our feelings, and then to entrust everything else to Him. Practice love by slowing down in order to recognize and attend to people’s needs. Take action and be a neighbor to the person in front of you!


Come to Jesus who endured all the trials and sufferings. He has paid for the penalty of our sins on the cross. Accept Him as your Lord and Savior.