IF You Love Me.........

 

John 14:15, 19-24

“If you love Me, keep My commandments.

“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.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

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 which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me."

How many times have you said, 'I love Jesus', but have not obeyed His word? How many times have you said, 'I believe in Jesus', but have not done what He commands?

It's easy to say I love Jesus, I believe in Him, but when you are confronted with the truth of His word and you realize that you have not obeyed Him, it can be very hard to admit that you really don't love Jesus.

God desire's His children to be obedient, just as parents want their children to obey what they say. And when children don't obey, they have to pay the consequences for their disobedience. 

Obedience leads to blessings, salvation, the Love of the Father and the Son, the fruits of the Spirit being birthed in our souls. Obedience leads to eternal life with God.

On the contrary, disobedience leads to death (separation from God), it opens a door for satan to oppress our souls, it leads to self deception, it also leads to the wrath of God and ultimately being thrown in the lake of fire, if our names are not found written in the Book of Life. 

There is no other option if you really want to be a Christian and live a godly life, we all must obey the teachings of Jesus Christ and His commandments, and 1st John 5 tells us that His commandments are not burdensome.

1st John 5:1-3

"Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

The main point of the entire bible is Obedience! From Genesis to Revelation, from Adam to the Last saint who will enter God's kingdom, the call is to love and obey God and keep His commandments!

Even Solomon who was the wisest man who ever lived understood this truth and summed up the life of man in one sentence!

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil."

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Is It Hard For You To Obey?

Jeremiah 7:21-26

"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

One of the biggest, if not THE biggest root problems of mankind is obedience! Whether it be obedience to the laws of God, or the laws of man, it's just not the nature of human beings to obey! Many people have a problem with the word 'obey', itself! So what does 'obey' mean?

Obey: 1: to follow the commands or guidance of

Example: He always obeys his parents.

           2: to conform to or comply with

Example: obey an order; falling objects obey the laws of physics. (Merriam Webster Dictionary)

Now that we know what obey means, we can apply our understanding to what we know of  the many situations that have occurred over the last decade with African-Americans, and European-American or any, law enforcement officer. From what I myself saw on video or read in an internet article, I can understand that when the officer gave a command, it was NOT immediately obeyed! Thus, causing an escalation of what should be a routine traffic stop, but ended in a senseless death, or serious injury.

The majority of the times that I see someone get shot or killed, was because the situation escalated when the commands of the officer, were not immediately obeyed, or the suspect tried to flee. And that is, and will continue to be a huge problem for mankind!

Now if you profess to be a Christian it is our #1 duty to OBEY THE COMMANDS OF GOD! And where do we find the commands of God and His Son Jesus Christ? In the bible! How many of you read the written and inspired word of God, say amen, but don't DO WHAT IT SAYS! 

Jesus Himself said: "I ALWAYS DO  those things that please Him". He also said this in John 14:15

“If you love Me, keep My commandments."

Jesus even LEARNED OBEDIENCE through His sufferings!

Hebrew 5:8-9

"though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,"

It started all the way back in the garden of Eden and continues to this day! Human beings, with their fallen nature, have a very hard time obeying any commands, whether it be from law enforcement officers, a company supervisor, parents, or God Himself!

Even as I write this blog post, another young African-American man was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop!

When will we learn to obey!

In Jesus Name,

Tyrone