Regarding love.
Jesus said,
John 14:15 If you love Me you will keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father and I will love him and will (disclose My Self to him.)
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He discloses Himself to those who have and keep His commandments.
In order to ( have) His commandments, we must ( receive ) His commandments, in order to have them.
And then when we ( "have" His commandments) and ( keep) His commandments, Jesus said we will be loved by His Father and he will love us and reveal Himself to us.
Our love for the Lord is directly related to us having and keeping His ( Jesus' ) commandments .
Can we truly love our brother or our enemies until we love the Lord? Can we truly love the Lord, if we do not personally have His commandments, and Keep them?
We can not assume that we really know what love - is.
Larry B.- I believe the work of the cross in our lives is to love Him.
Jesus said,
John 14:15 If you love Me you will keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father and I will love him and will (disclose My Self to him.)
----
He discloses Himself to those who have and keep His commandments.
In order to ( have) His commandments, we must ( receive ) His commandments, in order to have them.
And then when we ( "have" His commandments) and ( keep) His commandments, Jesus said we will be loved by His Father and he will love us and reveal Himself to us.
Our love for the Lord is directly related to us having and keeping His ( Jesus' ) commandments .
Can we truly love our brother or our enemies until we love the Lord? Can we truly love the Lord, if we do not personally have His commandments, and Keep them?
We can not assume that we really know what love - is.
Larry B.- I believe the work of the cross in our lives is to love Him.