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<DIV align=left><FONT size=4>When Jesus talks about being glorified he is
talking about being crucified.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=4>The cross is the sign of his glorification. (cf.
12:20-36) The glory of God’s love for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>the world is to be seen in the cross (3:16).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www2.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/15-2_Revelation/15-2_Olson.pdf">http://www2.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/15-2_Revelation/15-2_Olson.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Duane Olson, 1995</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4>South African theologian and Methodist bishop
<FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000ff"><FONT
color=#000000>Peter</FONT> <FONT color=#000000>Storey</FONT></SPAN> notes
how fond Christians are of saying–especially during Holy Week perhaps–that
“God sent Jesus to die on the cross.” But that way of putting it, says
Storey, robs Jesus of his humanity, his capacity for moral choice; Jesus,
on this view, is little more than a programmed robot, marching passively
to a preordained fate. </FONT>God sent Jesus into the world not to
die, Storey reminds us, but to <EM>love</EM>. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://debradeanmurphy.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/maundy-thursday-is-for-april-fools/">http://debradeanmurphy.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/maundy-thursday-is-for-april-fools/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Debra Dean Murphy, 2010</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>...treat one another with love even if it is difficult, or it
runs counter to prevailing norms, or if we cannot see the outcome, or even if
doing so does not entirely make sense? <BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=4/9/2009&tab=4"><FONT
size=4>http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=4/9/2009&tab=4</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Audrey West, 2009</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>He gives them “a new commandment” (v. </FONT><A
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size=4>34</FONT></A><FONT size=4>): while Judaism required one to love one’s
neighbour as oneself, Jesus is his follower’s example of love. This mutual love
will show who are his followers </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/zmnthm.shtml"><FONT
size=4>http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/zmnthm.shtml</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Chris Haslam </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=4>In the cross event, Jesus will return in glory to
the Father’s presence: “Where </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
size=2><FONT size=4>I am going you are not able to come”
(13:33b).</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www2.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/18-2_Ecumenism/18-2_Berge.pdf">http://www2.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/18-2_Ecumenism/18-2_Berge.pdf</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Paul S. Berge</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoBodyText>When was the Son of Man glorified? It was at this meal
with his disciples when he chose to be a servant and to give thanks [GN2168
eucharisteo] that his body and blood could become a gift for God. Our greatest
glory will likewise be found in the moments we allow ourselves to be “blessed
and broken” for God and specifically in service to his people.</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://onefamilyoutreach.com/bible/John/jn_13-01-07_32b-35.html">http://onefamilyoutreach.com/bible/John/jn_13-01-07_32b-35.html</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jerry Goebel, 2007</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>So important is it for Jesus that he says it is a "new"
commandment, even though it is something that is as old as Leviticus (19:18).
<STRONG>It is "new" in the sense that its centrality is heightened in Jesus and
that it will be love "as I have loved you," i.e., in the manner demonstrated by
Jesus</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.drbilllong.com/LectionaryII/Jn13.html">http://www.drbilllong.com/LectionaryII/Jn13.html</A></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>William R. Long</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>...these verses which ask us to love as Jesus has loved us,
might lead one to deal with the popular phrase: "What Would Jesus Do?" I dislike
that question because we are not Jesus. He was unique. What Jesus did was to
suffer and die for all of sinful humanity. I can't do that. However, I think
that it is appropriate to struggle with the question, "What would God have me do
at this time and in this situation?" </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/john13x31.htm">http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/john13x31.htm</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4>Brian Stoffregen</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Surely I am allowed one holdout, one person whom I may judge
unworthy of love. But the commandment has no loophole, it demands that we let go
of our pet hates, the ones we clutch like teddy bears.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_n15_v112/ai_16947310/">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_n15_v112/ai_16947310/</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Margaret Guenther, 1995</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>In the small town where I live people often blame parents for
the way their children turn out. If the children are mean or rude or
disrespectful, the leading citizens of the community will cluck their tongues
and say, "The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=636">http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=636</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>James C. Somerville</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I have unknowingly been enrolled in another kind of school for
deacons as I have tended to the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of
these little ones. If deacons are to be "in the world," serving "all people,
particularly the poor, the weak, the sick, and the lonely,"1 then it can be very
good practice to learn servanthood by parenting little children.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200401/ai_n9347106/">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200401/ai_n9347106/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Vicki K Black, 2004</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=bodytext>Verse 35 says, “By this all men will know that you are my
disciples, if you have love for one another.” This new way of life will set us
apart from the rest of the world, because man’s natural tendency is to love
himself and try to manipulate and control his world to meet his own
needs.</DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://bible.org/article/christs-example-servanthood-john-131-147">http://bible.org/article/christs-example-servanthood-john-131-147</A></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Hampton Keathley IV</FONT></DIV>
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