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15:13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
This is a story I borrowed from;
"Chicken Soup for the Soul"
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liza who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her five-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save Liza."
"As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"
Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor, he thought he was going to have to give her all of his blood.
How much love to you have to give? This little boy willingly laid down his life for his sister so that she might live. You may never have the opportunity to lay down your life in a heroic gesture to save another. But you can "crucify that flesh" that old sin nature that wants its own way all the time and look out for your neighbor. Who knows? You just might save a life!
12:9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; 12:10 love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
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