LOVE — “This Is My Command” Jesus defined love most clearly: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13) “A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you.” (John 13:34) Love in Jesus’ words is: • Sacrificial • Action-based • Covenant-driven It is not emotion first — it is commitment first. The cross is love embodied. Love says: “I choose you — even when it costs me.”