Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this week's connecting clip of the week, Paul sits down with Ray Ortland and Sam Albury to discuss what it means to truly love your brother

by embodying the heart of Jesus. To hear more of this conversation with Ray and Sam, check out

the Connecting podcast, episode 40, wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also watch the video

on Paul Tripp's YouTube channel or Facebook page. Here's Paul with Ray Orland and San Walbury.

So let's get some breast hacks here. So you guys interact with this. When you read Jesus in that sweet final moment he has with his disciples

before his ascension, say to them, by this shall all men know that you're my disciples,

by your love for one another. What is he talking about? What does that look like in everyday practice,

in attitude, character?

Well, it means seeking, as you were sharing earlier,

Paul, seeking to embody the heart of Jesus,

because he's the one who gets to show us what love looks like.

We don't self-define it.

But it means our pastor in Nashville, TJ did his PhD on that verse, and talks about that, you know, it's the gospel, something, an idea has to be socially embodied for it to be plausible.

You've got to see people living by that idea.

And Jesus is showing us that his, the love we receive from him, if it is not socially embodied, the world, the watching world has the right to write it off.

As Schaefer put it, you put me onto this.

Jesus is giving the world permission to judge our profession of faith by the presence or absence of love among us.

Now, there's love in the world all over the place.

If you, you know, growing up, we were part of a tennis club and people were kind to each other.

Someone got sick.

Someone would take meals round.

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