As the time of His departure was coming closer, Jesus issued to those who were with Him and generations to come a new command to love one another.  He said that this would be the way that people would know that we who profess Him as Lord of our life are His disciples.  What great wisdom He shows us because He had already explained on another occasion that the Greatest Commandment was to love the Lord and to love your neighbor just as you love yourself.  All of the laws, all of the rules, all of the standards that we establish can be processed through the filter of authentic love.   Others have tried to remove God from this process by telling us that we cannot love someone else unless we first love ourselves.  Unconditional love has its foundation in the love that God has for us.  In spite of our faults, sins, or disobedience, God continues to extend His love to us.  Show the world who you follow today by doing something from a perspective of authentic love that does not look to be paid back.