If this is all true, then our very refusal to be offended, and our patience with one another, would point to the truth of Jesus and that we actually belong to Him. And sure enough, in God’s Word, Jesus turns to His followers and says this about how people will know we belong to Him: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34–35 NKJV; emphasis added).
