Introduction to Everything NEW - John 13:31-35

As you turn to chapter 13 of John, you will see nothing but RED lettering through the end of chapter 17. This section of Scripture is known as the Upper Room Discourse or the Farewell Discourse! Jesus reveals some things here, that He has not revealed before. Many of these things would have been shocking to the disciples and would have felt contradictory to what they believed as an Orthodox Jew. One such truth was that of loving one another according to a new and higher standard, which we will consider this morning.