Those Who Accept My Commandments And Obey Them Are The Ones Who Love Me

JOHN 14:19-21
“”A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
”‭‭John‬ ‭14:19-21‬ ‭NKJV‬
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Jesus tells us here, that even though the world cannot see Him, He is with His faithful people; those who love Him, and He will never leave them (see JOHN 14:15-18).
But love is more than just emotions and words, it is an action. If one really love’s another, they would not do something that hurts them, but rather, would express their love by selflessly trying to do good for that person without expectation of something in return. That is what love is.
If one really loves Jesus, he, knowing how sin is offensive to God, shall keep His commandments. If you really believe in Christ, you will know He is right, His Law is right, His ways are right, because He is the only truth we can rely on; the only truth that brings lasting peace, joy, and contentment into our lives.
You shall know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and that He is the only way to our Father in heaven (JOHN 14:6).
But knowing Him that well can only come from relationship.
Get to know your Heavenly Father, make time to speak with Him, don’t leave His side and get to know Him more.
The truth is, the more you know Him, the more you will love and trust Him and your desire to express that love by your actions will grow. One no longer feels condemned by God’s Law, but becomes convicted to keep it and live right. Jesus blood not only payed the debt of sin, but washed away the shame and makes us whole in Him. For “He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ NKJV
The first two and great commandments say it all; Jesus said, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your 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 the Prophets.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22:37-40‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
God’s whole way of life is based on love, His Law and His Prophets hang on these two great commandments.
But, “If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.”
‭‭I John‬ ‭4:20-21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
To love is a choice; your neighbour may hate you, his or her actions may not always be good, but you can still choose to love them by being kind, merciful, and helpful, when opportunity comes, just like Christ is merciful to you.
Love is infectious, and maybe your neighbour will be infected by Christ’ love because of your actions. Maybe the light of Christ that shines from you will bring him or her to Repentance.
We can only love because God loved us first (1 JOHN 4:19). So pass His love on to others and give them the opportunity to taste and see how the Lord is good (PSALM 34:8).
The lost are not likely to walk into your church, therefore take church into the streets and communities and reach out “to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
We are all sinners and in need of a Saviour, but despite our sin, Jesus chose to love us. He died for you that you might live, and because of His resurrection He lives, and you live also. Surely, knowing that Christ died for you, in this temporary life, you can live for Him in submission, that others receive the gift of life too. Hold nothing back, but rather express your love for Christ and others by your actions and service.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭31‬-‭39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.