“Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end.”-John 13:1

“Having loved His own.” Those four words are a brief but complete summary of the Savior’s conduct towards His disciples. He always loved them. There was never a single action or word which was contrary to the rule of love. He loved them with a love of pity when He saw them in their lost estate, and He called them out of it to be His disciples; touched with a feeling of their infirmities He loved them with a tender and prudent affection, and sought to train and educate them, that after His departure they might be good soldiers of His cross. Even when He rebuked them, He loved them. He subjected them to many trials: for His sake they renounced all that they had; they shared His daily cross-bearing and hourly persecution but love reigned supreme and undiminished through it all. On Tabor or in Gethsemane He loved His own; alone or in the crowd His heart was true to them; in life and in death His affection failed not. He “loved His own which were in the world.” It is a multum in parvo, a condensed life of Christ, a miniature of Jesus the Lover of souls. As you read the wonderful story of the four evangelists, you see how true it is that Jesus loved His own. Let me cast in by way of interjection, this sentence, that when you come to read your own life’s story in the light of the New Jerusalem, you will find it to be true also concerning your Lord and yourself: if you are indeed the Lord’s own, He at all times deals lovingly with you, and never acts in unkindness or wrath. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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