31 When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.
33 "My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.35
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (How did Jesus Love us? He suffered on the cross and took our sin upon himself. We are naturally self-centered so those who show sacrificial love, even a little, stand out. What a struggle to put God first, others second, then ourselves. Again, the answer is not trying harder to do these things, it is surrendering to God and letting the Holy Spirit do His work in us.)
36 Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?"
Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later."
37 Peter asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."
38 Then Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!
When we think we would never have betrayed Jesus as Judas did, remember Peter's denial, and remember that every time we knowingly sin we are denying Him.
