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"If you love me, you will obey what I command.

God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But, so long as God lives, there can be no promise of mercy to those who continue in their evil ways, and refuse to acknowledge their wrongdoing. Surely no rebel can expect the King to pardon his treason while he remains in open revolt. No one can be so foolish as to imagine that the Judge of all the earth will put away our sins if we refuse to put them away ourselves.   C. Spurgeon



 NO HUMAN IS CAPABLE OF PERFECT OBEDIENCE.

WE MUST SEEK PROGRESS... NOT PERFECTION...BUT TO LOVE HIM IS TO WANT TO PLEASE HIM! OBEDIENCE PLEASES HIM!

John 14:12-17

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.
15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
17 even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.

We obey the Lord because we love Him:

John 14:20-21    "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." 


John 14:15    "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 
 
We want to honor our Lord Jesus: 
 
 Luke 6:46   And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the 
      things which I say? 

 
We are HONORED and called to represent Him:
 
 Matthew 28:19-20    "Go therefore and make disciples of all 
      the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of 
      the Son and of the Holy Spirit, "teaching them to 
      observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am 
      with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
 
  John 8:31-32   "If you abide in my word, you are my 
      disciples indeed.  (32) "And you shall know the truth, and 
      the truth shall make you free"
 
...and set an example as Jesus did:
 
 1 John 5:2   By this we know that we love the children of 
      God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. {3} For 
      this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and 
      his commandments are not grievous. 

      2 John 1:6   And this is love, that we walk after his 
      commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have 
      heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 
 
We obey because His commands lead us down a right path: 
 
 James 1:22    But be doers of the word, and not hearers 
      only, deceiving yourselves. 


      John 8:51    "Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps 
      My word he shall never see death." 

      John 10:27-28    "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, 
      and they follow Me. {28} "And I give them eternal life, and 
      they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them 
      out of My hand. 
 
 John 10:3-5    "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep 
      hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads 
      them out. {4} "And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes 
      before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his 
      voice. {5} "Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but 
      will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of 
      strangers."
 
God's word is full of wisdom for us: 
 
 Matthew 7:24-27    "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of 
      Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who 
      built his house on the rock: {25} "and the rain descended, 
      the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; 
      and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. {26} 
      "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not 
      do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on 
      the sand: {27} "and the rain descended, the floods came, and 
      the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And 
      great was its fall."


We obey to strengthen our communion /relationship with Jesus:
 
  Matthew 12:50   For whosoever shall do the will of my Father 
      which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and 
      mother.
 
John 14:20-21    "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." 

John 14:23-24    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.


1 John 2:3-6    Now by this we know that we know Him, if we 
      keep His commandments. {4} He who says, "I know Him," and 
      does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is 
      not in him. {5} But whoever keeps His word, truly the love 
      of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in 
      Him. {6} He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to 
      walk just as He walked.


ALL THE MOTIVATIONS COME FROM OUR APPRECIATION OF GOD'S GRACE!
THEY ARE NOT FEAR BASED...IT IS NOT A EXCHANGE FOR SALVATION...WE CAN'T BUY GOD'S FAVOR!

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