Hey everybody, we are so glad you're here with us. Today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

Rick Warren continues with an inspiring new series called What Does It Really Mean to Follow Jesus?

Now in this powerful teaching, Rick dives into God's Word to explore how we grow spiritually, represent Christ in the world,

and find our place in God's family through the church.

It's a fresh look at discipleship, purpose, and the life-changing power of spiritual community.

Right now, here's part two of a message called We Are Disciples. Number three,

the third key, if I want to be a disciple, if I want to grow spiritually, this one's a little bit

harder. I must love every other disciple. Uh-oh. Now we're getting a little bit harder. You see, it's easy to love God because he's perfect.

But you're not. And I'm not. And sometimes we're irritating and sometimes we're obnoxious.

And sometimes we show our imperfections and our insecurities. And yet Jesus says, if you're going to be my disciple,

you can't just love me. You have to love everybody in my family. What is the family of God?

It's the church. It is the people of God. You have to love every other believer, every other

Christian, every other follower of Jesus, every other disciple.

Here's what Jesus says.

John chapter 13.

If, by the way, did you notice every one of these sentences start with an if when he defines

discipleship?

It's conditional.

He says, if you have love for one another, then everybody will know that you are my disciples.

Not just love for me, but you love each other.

He says that the hallmark of being a follower of Jesus is not a bumper sticker.

It is not a little Christian pin.

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