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John 14:1-31. “Love and Obedience”. “If you love Me you will obey My commands and I will ask the Father and he will give you another counselor to be with you forever.”. John 14:15. “If you love Me you will obey My commands
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John 14:1-31 “Love and Obedience”
“If you love Me you will obey My commands and I will ask the Father and he will give you another counselor to be with you forever.” John 14:15
“If you love Me you will obey My commands and I will ask the Father and he will give you another counselor to be with you forever.” John 14:15
Counselor= Paracletos (Helper, Advocate, Counselor, Someone Who Stands Beside You)
Another = Allos (An Exact Likeness)
“But, the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, Will teach you all things and bring to Remembrance all that I said to you.”
To enable them to continue the work • Begun by Jesus Christ • To write the Bible
“For the Son of Man has come to save that which has been lost” Luke 19:10 and Matthew 18:11
For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.” Mark 10:45
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” John 10:10
He came to do God’s Will Hebrews 10:9
“I must preach the Kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose. Luke 4:43
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim 1:15
The Son of Man appeared for this purpose To destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
Christ suffered for you, leaving an example to follow for you to follow in His footsteps. 1 Peter 2:21
Learn from Me, for I am Gentle and humble in spirit. Matthew 11:29
“If you love Me you will obey My commands and I will ask the Father and he will give you another counselor to be with you forever.” John 14:15
“If you love Me you will obey My commands and I will ask the Father and he will give you another counselor to be with you forever.” John 14:15
“Why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?” Luke 6:46
“Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21
Having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source of eternal life. Hebrews 5:9
By this we know that we have come To know Him; if we keep His Commandments. The one who says “I have come to know Him,” and Does not keep His commandments Is a liar and the truth is not in him. 1 John 2:3-6
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26
The Holy Spirit was not given to us so that we can be passive Christians. He was given to us to indwell our hearts so we may know Christ, understand his teaching, and to enable us to continue His work on this earth.
On our own we cannot change our hearts, our character, or our sin nature, but the Holy Spirit Can!
The prove of our love of Christ is seen in our obedience to the teachings and commands of Christ.
We obey Christ not by gritting our teeth and doing what we hate, but by depending on His power to enable us to do what our love of Christ compels us to do. Willing obedience leads to an intimate relationship. Charles Stanley