“Having loved his own which were in the
world,
he loved them unto the end”
John 13:1
LOVED TO PERFECTION
This fact is essentially a
promise; for what our Lord was He is, and what
He was to those with whom He lived on earth, He
will be to all His beloved so long as the moon
endureth.
Having loved”: here was the wonder! That He
should ever have loved men at all is the marvel.
What was there in His poor disciples that He
should love them? What is there in me?
But when He has once begun to love, it is His
nature to continue to do so. Love made the
saints “his own” — what a choice title! He
purchased them with blood and they became His
treasure. Being His own, He will not lose them.
Being His beloved, He will not cease to love
them. My soul, He will not cease to love thee!
The text is well as it stands: “to the end,”
even till His death the ruling passion of love
to His own reigned in His sacred bosom. It means
also to the uttermost. He could not love them
more: He gave Himself for them. Some read it, to
perfection. Truly He lavished upon them a
perfect love, in which there was no flaw nor
failure, no unwisdom, no unfaithfulness, and no
reserve.
Such is the love of Jesus to each one of His
people. Let us sing to our Well-beloved a song.
"Lord Dictated Them"
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