Have you loved in my stead?

"As I have loved you...
You must love men in my stead"
Often, these words jingle
Like bells, they chime
In our ears- alarms, they sound
And from our lips
On days when we speak for us,
Sweetly, they pour
He has commanded
We have been called to obey
But do we, really?
His life, he gave
Our shame, he took
To the cross, he was nailed
On that cross, he bled
This is the manner in which he loved us
In this manner of love,
That man who arose and ascended
Have we done unto men, in his stead?