John 15:9

John 15:9 says, As the Father hath loved Me, so hath I loved you: continue ye in My love.  Jesus was going to His crucifixion, but He did not want the disciples to become hateful because of it.  We today may have people do things to us that are wrong, but as followers of Jesus, we must continue in His love.  That is a love that always puts others first.  Our love may impose conditions, but His never does. Verse ten adds, If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.  Jesus, during His earthly ministry, rested securely in the love of the heavenly Father.  He never questioned that love, and neither should we.  We should keep His commandments, not out of fear of punishment if we fail, but out of love for God, even when we do fail.  God does not stop loving us when we fail to live up to His commandments, neither should we stop loving Him.  All we can do is confess our sins, ask God's forgiveness, and accept the fact that we are still His.  We are to abide in His love and not His wrath.  We are not called to be angry at the world, but to love as Jesus loved. Verse eleven continues, These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.  As followers of Christ, we should be full of joy, because we have the joy of Christ in us.  Jesus did not say when life was treating us fairly that we should be joyful, but instead as long as His joy was in us, our joy should be full.  Jesus said as long as His joy remains in us, and as His followers, that should be always, our joy should be full.  Salvation should make us joyful people.  How full of joy are we as His followers today?  We need to become a joyful people once again.  Verse twelve concludes, This is My commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.  How are we to love?  We are to love as Jesus loved us.  Jesus again rold His disciples to love one another.