This is how people will know we are of God. Jesus calls His followers to love each other at a higher standard, the way He loves us. This encompasses everything that Jesus did and does for us, even going to the cross on our behalf.

• Christ's love begins at the cross.
• Our ability to love one another is a sign of our salvation.
• Christ lived in a way that refused exaltation. This allowed him to love in a way that made exaltation possible for others.
• He lived a life that was not his own, so that we might reap what we could not sew - the righteousness of God.