34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

 34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

John 13:34-35John 13:34-35

-Founding Father-Continental Congress-Author of Declaration of Independence-Governor of Virginia-Minister to France-Secretary of State-Vice President-3rd President of the U.S.-Lawyer, architect, naturalist, paleontologist, inventor, agronomist and linguist

“Here was buried Thomas Jefferson - Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and Father of the University of Virginia”

“because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.”

Legacy

• Something bequeathed by will

• Something handed down from one who has gone before or from the past

Based upon relationships with others

Shaped by our relationships Remembrances (good or

bad) deemed by others to be important enough to pass on from one to another to another…

So…What legacy will you

leave?

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29-31

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John

13:34-35

God

Vertically

Connected

Man

HorizontallyConnected

Man Man

We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, who he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4: 19-21

“…As I have loved you…”

Sacrificially Jesus died for our redemption “Greater love has no one than this,

that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:14

“Until it requires sacrifice, do we know whether it is love?”

Selflessly

Understandingly Jesus knew the disciples (and others) He knew they weren’t perfect

Forgivingly Disciples denied / betrayed him “Father forgive them, for they know

not…”

Intentionally “Deep relationships don’t

happen accidentally” Investment

Realistically Relationships take time Different levels with different

people No Guilt

Intimately

Prayerfully

Humility

“As I loved you” – This imitation is the greatest form of flattery

Be connected – vertically /horizontally

Legacies can be changed

Legacies can begin today – it’s never too late