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John 14:23-24, Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.  He who does not love Me does not keep My words, and the word you hear is not Mine but the Father who sent Me.

 

Matthew 22:36-40, “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”  Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it.  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the Law and all the Prophets.”

 

The focus of this blog is Jesus Christ.  There is no other reason to spend the time researching and putting thoughts together to hopefully encourage all who read it.  I do thank you for taking a few minutes of your day to read it.  Please pass it on if you think someone might be encouraged by it.

 

I want you to understand that obeying Jesus’ words or commandments is a result following Christ; it is not an option.  If you are not doing so you are not building a relationship with Him.  When things get difficult, it will be easy to fall away and be lost.  Obedience to Christ, though not perfect, must nevertheless be genuine; it is an essential aspect of saving faith that comes from our love for Him.  Without love for Christ, trying to obey His commandments becomes legalism.  For those who love Him and strives to obey His words, He promises a special love and grace of His deepest inward presence.

 

What did Jesus mean when He said He and the Father would make their home with who keeps His words?  Those who truly love and obey Him will experience the immediate presence and love of Father and Son.  Please do not think you are not saved because you do not “feel” anything.  This relationship between those saved and the Savior is not based on feeling.  It is the idea that Jesus said it, you believe it, and that seals the deal. That’s all you need to believe.  I will explain in the next blog more about this.

 

I did include the two commandments that Jesus told us are so important to follow. If you can be obedient to loving God as He desires and can love your neighbor as yourself you will be able to follow all the commandments God has given us.  They fall into their proper place.  If you love God and your neighbor you won’t lie, steal, kill, commit adultery, or covet.

 

Jesus said that those who do not love Him will not keep His words.  They can’t because they do not have a personal relationship with Him; there is no saving faith that exists.  So, they do as they please. 

 

Can you tell the difference by the actions and words of people today?  Who do you enjoy being around more?  Christians are told to judge the action and words of others.  Words and actions that bring hate, fear, and destruction of other people’s property are not from those who love and are obedient to the words of Jesus.  These actions directly contradict the commands Jesus gave us to follow. 

 

Be of good cheer!  The Father sees all that is happening in our country and world today.  Focus on your love for His Son and be obedient to His words.  Find comfort in knowing that He loves you with an abundant love and He will see His own through what lies ahead.  Rest in His love and care and His promises!

 

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