Monday, December 3, 2012

John14:15-24 if you love me, you will keep my commandments! Just that is not what Jesus leaves His disciples with, He tells them that He will send the Helper to live in them. He states that He will not leave them as orphans but that He will be with them. This is an awesome text because we can now see evidence that what Jesus was telling them is true. We have the Holy Spirit living inside of us, helping us to keep His words.So now we can know if we love Jesus, do we keep His commandments? Don't look at this as trying to become self righteous! Jesus is not saying here for you to prove to Him that you love Him and then He will bless you with the Holy Spirit. He is saying that you will know if you love Him if you keep His commands. He already knows wether you love Him or not, He is God! Listen to this, Jesus answered 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. Does that excite you to think that God has or will made His home with you? I pray that it does and that it is what drives our lives! May we today keep His words out of the love we have for Him and by the love that He has shown us! God bless