keep my commandments. John 14:15
Hereby we do know that we love him, if we keep his commandments. 1 John 2:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievious. 1 John 5:3
The commands of God are important in the life of the Child of God. The desire to keep his commands shows us that we love Him. They are not a burden to us, but a delight.
Keeping the commands of God will never add any merit for us in any way. If we have broken one jot of His commands, and we all have - much more than that, we are guilty and are deserving of His wrath. There is nothing we can ever do to gain favor with God.
Only the blood of Christ, applied in our lives can pay the debt owed for our sin. It is only through Christ’s righteousness that we stand before God as righteous. All our good works are but filthy rags.
Yet, as Paul says, since we’ve been saved by grace shall we continue in sin? Certainly not! Because we have been forgiven much, we love much. And if we love we keep His commands. By this we know that we love him.
SDG,
Lisa
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