Love leads to obedience Jesus said that when we love Him, we will obey Him (John 14:15) and the apostle John writes that love for God consists of our obedience to Him (see 2 John 6). I like to say that the level of our obedience to Jesus determines the level of our love for Him. I believe our love for Him and obedience to Him can grow-- and they do. Everything in our relationship with God after initial salvation is a process. Do not be disappointed with yourself if you are still in the process. Jesus will not be angry when He comes to get you if you have not arrived at the mark of perfection but He does expect to find all of us pressing on. This commandment we should strive to obey throughout our lives is to walk in love. Our lives and behavior will change dramatically if all of our thoughts words and actions are guided by love. They are to be guided by our love for God, ourselves, and others. Gods Word teaches us to love everyone, including ourselves. I like to say, Do not be in love with yourself, but love yourself in a balanced way If you refuse to love yourself, then you are not receiving the gift God wants to give you. We cant deserve Gods love. It comes to us unconditionally. God loves us first and He pours His love into us so we can love Him, ourselves, and others. He does not expect us to give away anything we do not have. Sometimes we make being a Christian very difficult and complicated. We think we must follow hundreds of rules and do multitudes of things, but Jesus said that if we simply walk in love, that is enough (see John 15:12). three reason for this is that if we concentrate on love, all the other things He asked us to do will also get done. Love motivates us to obey, pray, be kind and merciful, give forgive, repent and practice other aspects of our Christian faith. Let me encourage you to study love. Read everything you can about love. Think about it, talk about it, and practice it. God is love and when love is the theme of our lives He is the theme also. WOW amazing....... (JMSB)
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:13:08 +0000
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