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
Jesus makes a pretty powerful statement. The relationships that we have with one another must be a priority in our lives – a visual litmus test of our faith. The best picture of the Gospel is when believers are living together in unity.
The opposite is also probably true – that one of the greatest hindrances to the Gospel is people who call themselves believers not living in unity.
Galatians 5:14 says that the whole law is summed up in the command to “love your neighbor as yourself.”
Let’s look at several things that keep relationships from being all that God wants them to be.