If You Love Me?You Will Do What I Say! Jesus?
This is a wonderful truth, We will keep His words if we Love Him but learn how and Why Below!
John 14:15-24
15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
19 "A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 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."
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"
23 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. 24 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. NKJV
If you Love me, you will keep my Commandments. When we hear this, we often associate this statements with God’s love for us. This is not about God’s love for us or about God’s acceptance. I John 2:15-17 (listed below) makes this statement much more understandable. This is about fruit. God is the one who loves us and gives us the ability to have a divine agape love relationship with Himself as well as with others. God has given us love, His kind of love, completely unconditional and sacrificial love for Him and for others. One of the fruits of the Spirit is Agape Love. From this we understand that if you possess agape love, obedience to the commands/Word of God will be your desire and ultimate end. The result of real love is obedience to Christ. Jesus was not speaking a condemning word but conveying a truth about God’s love in us. God desires to place His Spirit into each one of us. When He does it will produce fruit. One part and the greatest part of that fruit is Love.
1 John 2:15-17
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. NIV
This statement out of 1 John is important to understand. What I want us to really look at is (the love of the Father is not in him). This is possible. If we are living by the flesh thus we are not being let by the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is love. If we are lovers of the world, we are not being led by the Spirit and the love of God is not in us. Accepting Christ into our hearts is the only way to receive/accept the God kind of love (agape).
REMINDER:
We don’t love God or reject the world to be led by the Spirit. We accept Christ, He then gives us His Spirit and we can be led by His Spirit. Immediately, by God’s Grace, He begins to produce fruit and causes us to be able to love God.
Last night a lady who did not know Christ called and said, “how do I love God”. God was drawing her to Him, but until she commits her life to Christ she cannot really love God. Agape/love is a fruit of being led by the Spirit.
We are drawn to God by His Spirit via many avenues. We walk into the Kingdom of God through the door (Christ). There is no other way, Christ said that many will try other ways, but he was the only way, anyone who declares another way is a thief and a liar. Once we have accepted Christ. At that very moment, God places His Spirit in us and as we allow His Spirit to quicken our spirit, we become alive unto God. Then we begin to produce or have the Fruit of the Spirit.
If we tell an unbeliever to “love God,” he is in a quandary, because except for the external drawing of the Spirit by/because of God’s love for him, he has no ability to love God. It is better to tell the unbeliever that God loves them and has sacrificed for them and He will teach them to love Him. We also are called to show them our love for God by our love for one another. Go out today and show everyone the unconditional and sacrificial love.
Current Family and Ministry Update:
I am sorry that I have not written for a few days. No excuses, but I will quickly catch you up. Friday we worked with our guests, Decatur Alabama Master Commission, selling Krispy Kreme Donuts for a fundraiser to help them with their West coast trip. We did great and sold all of our donuts. Kristy and I then had a late night tax appointment. Praise the Lord we are getting a refund. We had a late dinner with Jon and Kelly. They are the best. We are so blessed to have them as Pastors in our church. Saturday, We slept in. This had to be one of my favorite parts of the week. No doubt, it was Kristy’s best part of the week. Saturday evening we met Derek From D.M.C and had five hours of wonderful fellowship. We have a real kindred spirit between us. I am thankful for our friendship. Sunday was a wonderful morning and D.M.C. did a wonderful Job. Worship was great and God was awesome in the altar time. He really spoke to many including me and my family. Carrie Goodson came home from being in Arizona. I was wonderful to see her and have her home. We can’t wait to see her husband David get home. We took the Masters team to Home Town Buffet and many of the church people joined us. Counting everyone, there we almost sixty. We then ran home and got the rest of the sheetrock dust swept up from our home. Our home group was a great time of fellowship, testimony, and prayer. To really know what I mean you would have really had to be there. Please pray for Kristy, because her right hip is really hurting her. Tomorrow is our day off and I hope she will be able to get some rest and I will be trying to finish more of the painting on the addition. Our Heart of David team retuned from their Idaho ministry trip and tomorrow our Master Commission team will be returning. I know that we all miss them very much. God is getting God is wanting to bless you! Accept His blessing, thank Him for it and bless someone else with it! Serving a wonderful God, Pastor Aaron
John 14:15-24
15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
19 "A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 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."
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"
23 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. 24 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. NKJV
If you Love me, you will keep my Commandments. When we hear this, we often associate this statements with God’s love for us. This is not about God’s love for us or about God’s acceptance. I John 2:15-17 (listed below) makes this statement much more understandable. This is about fruit. God is the one who loves us and gives us the ability to have a divine agape love relationship with Himself as well as with others. God has given us love, His kind of love, completely unconditional and sacrificial love for Him and for others. One of the fruits of the Spirit is Agape Love. From this we understand that if you possess agape love, obedience to the commands/Word of God will be your desire and ultimate end. The result of real love is obedience to Christ. Jesus was not speaking a condemning word but conveying a truth about God’s love in us. God desires to place His Spirit into each one of us. When He does it will produce fruit. One part and the greatest part of that fruit is Love.
1 John 2:15-17
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. NIV
This statement out of 1 John is important to understand. What I want us to really look at is (the love of the Father is not in him). This is possible. If we are living by the flesh thus we are not being let by the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is love. If we are lovers of the world, we are not being led by the Spirit and the love of God is not in us. Accepting Christ into our hearts is the only way to receive/accept the God kind of love (agape).
REMINDER:
We don’t love God or reject the world to be led by the Spirit. We accept Christ, He then gives us His Spirit and we can be led by His Spirit. Immediately, by God’s Grace, He begins to produce fruit and causes us to be able to love God.
Last night a lady who did not know Christ called and said, “how do I love God”. God was drawing her to Him, but until she commits her life to Christ she cannot really love God. Agape/love is a fruit of being led by the Spirit.
We are drawn to God by His Spirit via many avenues. We walk into the Kingdom of God through the door (Christ). There is no other way, Christ said that many will try other ways, but he was the only way, anyone who declares another way is a thief and a liar. Once we have accepted Christ. At that very moment, God places His Spirit in us and as we allow His Spirit to quicken our spirit, we become alive unto God. Then we begin to produce or have the Fruit of the Spirit.
If we tell an unbeliever to “love God,” he is in a quandary, because except for the external drawing of the Spirit by/because of God’s love for him, he has no ability to love God. It is better to tell the unbeliever that God loves them and has sacrificed for them and He will teach them to love Him. We also are called to show them our love for God by our love for one another. Go out today and show everyone the unconditional and sacrificial love.
Current Family and Ministry Update:
I am sorry that I have not written for a few days. No excuses, but I will quickly catch you up. Friday we worked with our guests, Decatur Alabama Master Commission, selling Krispy Kreme Donuts for a fundraiser to help them with their West coast trip. We did great and sold all of our donuts. Kristy and I then had a late night tax appointment. Praise the Lord we are getting a refund. We had a late dinner with Jon and Kelly. They are the best. We are so blessed to have them as Pastors in our church. Saturday, We slept in. This had to be one of my favorite parts of the week. No doubt, it was Kristy’s best part of the week. Saturday evening we met Derek From D.M.C and had five hours of wonderful fellowship. We have a real kindred spirit between us. I am thankful for our friendship. Sunday was a wonderful morning and D.M.C. did a wonderful Job. Worship was great and God was awesome in the altar time. He really spoke to many including me and my family. Carrie Goodson came home from being in Arizona. I was wonderful to see her and have her home. We can’t wait to see her husband David get home. We took the Masters team to Home Town Buffet and many of the church people joined us. Counting everyone, there we almost sixty. We then ran home and got the rest of the sheetrock dust swept up from our home. Our home group was a great time of fellowship, testimony, and prayer. To really know what I mean you would have really had to be there. Please pray for Kristy, because her right hip is really hurting her. Tomorrow is our day off and I hope she will be able to get some rest and I will be trying to finish more of the painting on the addition. Our Heart of David team retuned from their Idaho ministry trip and tomorrow our Master Commission team will be returning. I know that we all miss them very much. God is getting God is wanting to bless you! Accept His blessing, thank Him for it and bless someone else with it! Serving a wonderful God, Pastor Aaron
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