Many people who call themselves Christians in Christ in this World, do not truly and wholeheartedly LOVE God. True!
Jesus Christ gave insight to what truly LOVING God meant thus:
If you LOVE me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15).
Do you really and truly LOVE God (Jesus Christ)?
If you say you do, do you completely KEEP His commandments?
Think about it!
In other words, Jesus Christ is saying:
If you do not CONSCIOUSLY and completely KEEP the whole WORD of God in Christ in this World, you do not truly LOVE God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God and completely keep His commandments in this World. True!
If you do not WHOLEHEARTEDLY and completely KEEP the whole WORD of God in Christ in this World, you do not truly LOVE God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God and completely keep His commandments in this World. True!
If you do not FEARFULLY and completely KEEP the whole WORD of God in Christ in this World, you do not truly LOVE God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God and completely keep His commandments in this World. True!
If you do not SACRIFICIALLY and completely KEEP the whole WORD of God in Christ in this World, you do not truly LOVE God and you are not a true Christian, because true love Christians God and completely keep His commandments in this World. True!
If you do not CONSISTENTLY and completely KEEP the whole WORD of God in Christ in this World, you do not truly LOVE God and you are not a true Christian, because true love Christians God and completely keep His commandments in this World. True!
If you say you do love God, do you completely LOVE God?
Again, Jesus Christ gave insight to what completely LOVING God means thus:
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt LOVE the LORD thy God with ALL thy HEART, and with ALL thy SOUL, and with ALL thy MIND, and with ALL thy STRENGTH: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:28-31).
In other words, Jesus Christ is saying:
If you do not LOVE God with ALL your HEART, you do not truly love God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God with all their heart in this World. True!
If you do not LOVE God with ALL your SOUL, you do not truly love God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God with all their soul in this World. True!
If you do not LOVE God with ALL your MIND, you do not truly love God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God with all their mind in this World. True!
If you do not LOVE God with ALL your STRENGTH, you do not truly love God and you are not a true Christian, because true Christians love God with all their strength in this World. True!
You and I spirit, soul and body must completely LOVE GOD and completely KEEP His commandments to be a true Christian (Christ's followers) in this World. True!
So, Jesus Christ is saying, you and I must completely LOVE God by completely KEEPING his commandments in terms of His Word, ways, will to be a true Christian in this World.
Therefore, Apostle Paul counselled thus:
Prove ALL things; HOLD fast that which is GOOD. Abstain from ALL appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole SPIRIT and SOUL and BODY be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:21-23).
May it be so for you and I in Jesus name, amen!
Know and note this, Jesus Christ said LOVING God is the first and greatest commandment, while LOVING others is the second. (Mark 12:28-31).
You and I LOVE for GOD is proven by our LOVE for others, especially those in the household of God. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and HATES his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also. (1 John 4:19-21).
We deceive ourselves when we say we LOVE God and HATE others, especially our fellow believers. True!
Apostle John reveals thus:
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 grievous. (1 John 5:2,3).
As we truly LOVE God by completely KEEPING His commandments in Christ in this World, we think, speak and live peacefully and generously with others in holiness, therefore LOVING them for Christ's sake. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
We KNOW that we have passed from death unto life, because we LOVE the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death. Whosoever HATES his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the LOVE of God, because HE laid down His life for us: and WE ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him? My little children, let us NOT love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:14-18; John 3:16-21; Matthew 25:31-46; Galatians 6:10).
If we do think, speak and live peacefully with others in holiness, we condition and position ourselves to see God in our affairs in this World now and in heaven someday. Halleluyah!
The Bible reveals thus:
Follow peace with ALL men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: (Hebrews 12:14).
Furthermore, you and I prove our true LOVE for God by not loving and conforming to the ways and manners (lusts and pride) of the World:
The Bible reveals thus:
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides for ever. (1 John 2:15-17; James 4:2-5).
True Christians note and heed consciously and sacrificially to the appeal and counsel of Apostle Paul thus:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you PRESENT your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be NOT conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the RENEWING of your mind, that you may PROVE what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1, 2).
Do you get it?
If you truly LOVE God and completely KEEP His commandments in Christ in this World, He promise thus for them who will consciously, truly, sacrificially and consistently LOVE Him in Christ in this World:
Because he hath SET his LOVE upon ME, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. (Psalm 91:14-16).
Hmm, I can let God go for anybody or anything in this World. I don't know about you?
Furthermore, for those who truly LOVE God and completely and sacrificially KEEP His commandments in Christ in this World, He promise thus also:
And we know that ALL things WORK together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28).
Don't be deceived friend, your consciously ad truly LOVING God and others and completely and sacrificially KEEPING His commandments in Christ in this World matters to your safety, survival, success and satisfaction in Christ in this World. True! Don't be deceived!
Do you truly LOVE God in Christ in this World?
Do you, no matter what, consciously, completely and sacrificially KEEP His Word in Christ (written in the Bible or spoken to you by His Holy Spirit of God within you) in this World?
Think about it!
Welcome to a week of divine refreshment!
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
Visit www.shiftstatusinternational.com
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